Shifty
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wait, so you see a stranger on the street with a loaded rifle slung on his back........ and you walk up to him to talk???
why??
why??
Ummm, in California OF COURSE you're not going to see anyone open carrying a rifle, because it's illegal.
It defies that humans walked first, then developed driving. Driving is a privilege, walking is a natural right.
Because criminals don't stroll down the street with their gun in the open. They have unholstered Glocks with rounds chambered in their waistband at 12 o'clock under a sports jersey.
Really, in all of my 27 years, I've never seen a person walking around the city with a rifle slung over his shoulder.
I think it comes down to local norms or context.
I am going to be alarmed because Second Amendment or not there is no good reason to be here with an openly displayed loaded firearm.
He wasn't arrested for carrying the rifle, he was arrested for disorderly conduct (scaring the neighbors)......
Non conformism is not a crime...yet. Though all kinds of neat things do fall under the ubiquitous "disorderly conduct" offense.