I don't think this guy a good spokesman for 2a rights. What a person who wants to speak out for 2a should do, in my opinion, is print off some pamphlets, stop ant the police station, explain to them he is going to be OC'ing, talk with the dispatcher, drop some literature, explain his intentions, let them know where he is going and for how long, then head out and talk with folks with pamphlets. Then, if that person wants to OC in other areas fine but that's representing 2a rights not walking down the road armed to the teeth with and attitude of "I'm a citizen not a serf and you cops...". I think Bryan went looking for trouble and kept looking for trouble until he found it.
Please read all articles before commenting. If only you read just a little further you'd see the fallacies in your statements. Your logic is frightening. Please take the time to do your research before you go off throwing rocks at glass houses. You have misquoted facts and taken things out of context to fit "your" views. You make arguments and then try to make the facts fit your prejudice. You're being pretty judgmental... especially so without knowing all facts. Please, go back and read what you missed.
Your argument is the same as blaming a woman who got raped for dressing too provocatively. "She was asking for it dressed like that....." Was I asking for it? Dressed like that?
No, I was scared to death and did everything I could to stay calm with a LEO pointing a Glock at my head. I didn't deserve that. I wasn't "asking for it"
The only person who called the police on me in Willowick was another cop. I walked everywhere around town that summer open carrying. To my knowledge no one has EVER had a problem with it, not ever to this very day. Most people were friendly and talked shop with me about guns and our rights. Every business I frequented greeted me with a smile and appreciated my business (especially the spaghetti place I was headed to
).
We, OFCC, did the FOIA request and got all of the FACTS straight. I received an apology from the Chief of Police, the sergeant who stopped me, the law director and a city councilman. They were out of line so they fessed up and made nice with myself and OFCC. With the audio we had a "color of law" federal lawsuit that was airtight.
However, I didn't sue anyone. I was unhappy and disgusted by how I was treated, but I didn't want the attention, nor did I want to raid the piggy banks of Willowick's Finest. With a "color of law" case the individual officers are personally liable as well as the city.
I never open carried to draw attention. It's what I did before I had my CCW and when I am comfortable doing so, I still do it to this day.
I always wanted everyone to be OK with open carry and one of the by-products of my police stop in Willowick is that nearly every LEO in Lake County KNOWS with absolute certainty that open carry is legal.
In fact, I just got home from a 6 mile walk open carrying through Eastlake, Willowick and Willoughby. Nobody gives a damn! Oh my! and I was carrying an SAK and a maglite too! I had extra magazines in my back pocket and a Sig P229 on my right hip. I would have brought my 20mm with me, but I didn't have a wheelbarrow on hand.
I don't care if I have 7 pistols in my left shoe, it's still legal and that part is beyond debate. RKBA is not granted by the authorities or even the 2nd Amendment. RKBA is inalienable and should be embraced by CITIZENS everywhere.
Open carry is a RIGHT, CC requires a license which involves jumping through many hoops. It's kind of like a poll tax or Jim Crow laws.
The police are there to enforce the laws and not someone's opinion. This is a republic, not a democracy. We live under rule of law, not mob rule.