Yoda
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Excerpts:
"A group of more than a dozen people met at a downtown cafe Saturday afternoon, some of them had unloaded semi-automatic pistols holstered to their belts with their ammunition clips readily available. The demonstration was put on by members of the "open carry" movement...
"Bye said the group, which held a similar event in Livermore last month with no problems, called police beforehand to make sure the event would be in compliance. Officers met with a handful of them in a nearby parking lot, including to check the weapons...
"'He said once police and others know what the law allows, it is not a big deal to carry a legal weapon in a legal manner.' Bye said it is not the police department's job to make opinions, but to enforce the law.
"'We do understand and view it as a legal act' to carry the unloaded weapons, Bye said. 'The fact people may disagree with it is inconsequential. Our position is the enforce the law. We are the enforcement, not the legislature.'"
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http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_14121268?nclick_check=1
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"A group of more than a dozen people met at a downtown cafe Saturday afternoon, some of them had unloaded semi-automatic pistols holstered to their belts with their ammunition clips readily available. The demonstration was put on by members of the "open carry" movement...
"Bye said the group, which held a similar event in Livermore last month with no problems, called police beforehand to make sure the event would be in compliance. Officers met with a handful of them in a nearby parking lot, including to check the weapons...
"'He said once police and others know what the law allows, it is not a big deal to carry a legal weapon in a legal manner.' Bye said it is not the police department's job to make opinions, but to enforce the law.
"'We do understand and view it as a legal act' to carry the unloaded weapons, Bye said. 'The fact people may disagree with it is inconsequential. Our position is the enforce the law. We are the enforcement, not the legislature.'"
Here's the link:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_14121268?nclick_check=1
- - - Yoda