open carry in Colorado, spec. Denver metro area

[hkOrion]

point -> zundfolge.

So how do we get cops to disobey legal orders (laws that have been passed) that they think are not right (in line with the constitutional republic)? It would seem even more whimsical than it is now!

 

[danhei]

Zundfolge, I absolutely have no delusions about what kind of country I live in. Obviously this is no longer a constitutional republic or we wouldn't even be discussing permits to bear arms!

Off topic, how do you quote someone in a post? It wasn't obvious to me. I'm using firefox if that makes a difference.

 

[Warren]

Talk to Rick Stanley, he has a lot of practical experience with this issue.

 

[Coltdriver]

Isn't Rick Stanley still in jail??

He made the error of exercising his constitutional right under the Colorado State Constitution on the steps of the Capitol. He was arrested (in Denver) and tossed in jail.

Total BS.

My advice is simply don't bother with carrying openly in the metro area unless you are on your own property. Not that its illegal but all someone has to do is claim you looked at em wrong and you'd probably be arrested for some nefarious charge and get to join Stanley in the jail.

 

[cropcirclewalker]

Off topic, how do you quote someone in a post? It wasn't obvious to me. I'm using firefox if that makes a difference.

Mr. Danhei, everybody who is anybody is using firefox.

It is simple to use quotes. First you highlight the phrase to be quoted. You know, you left click at the beginning, hold the button, drag to the end and release, now the highlighted area is blue.

Right click and select copy from the dialog box.

You have chust copied the highlighted phrase into your clipboard.

Now you go the the area where you are posting your reply. You look up above the line above the window into which you are typing and the line above that which has the 2 radio buttons one of which is marked Guided Mode and the other which says Enhanced mode. Anyway the next line up (first character is a B and the last character is a little bitty cloud with little bitty words in it. Put the cursor over that little bitty cloud and it should say, "Wrap

tags around selected text". So you left click on that little bitty cloud.

A little window pops open.......with the cursor blinking on the white.

Right click, select "Paste" and you have just pasted the contents of your clipboard into the little white square.

Click OK

There, you've done it. Type on as if nothing else happened and you will be fine.

Try it, you'll like it.

 

[hkOrion]

you'd probably be arrested for some nefarious charge and get to join Stanley in the jail

Yeah, but at least you would have an interesting stay.

 

[Zundfolge]

Off topic, how do you quote someone in a post? It wasn't obvious to me. I'm using firefox if that makes a difference.

Basically to get the quote I posted above, it would look like this. only replace the { and } with [ and ]

{quote=danhei}Off topic, how do you quote someone in a post? It wasn't obvious to me. I'm using firefox if that makes a difference.{/quote}

Some forums that use the vBullitin software have a "quote" button on each post that automatically pastes in the quote=username quote tags around the copy in a new post (HINT HINT MODS)


Since you're using firefox, I recommend the following extension to make posting in forums easier
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=128

 

[DeseoUnTaco]

So how do we get cops to disobey legal orders (laws that have been passed) that they think are not right (in line with the constitutional republic)? It would seem even more whimsical than it is now!

You don't. It's not really their job to make those kind of decisions. They really should follow policies and laws as set by their department, unless that would violate their own personal morals.

The place to fix all this is in the jury box. If jurors would consistently (or even occasionally) return not guilty for crimes of carrying sans permit, or owning a machinegun, or whatever, LEOs and prosecutors would give up on those laws.

Apparently this is exactly what has happened in Kentucky. So many people grow and sell so much cannabis in KY, but juries just won't convict, that they are no longer busting growers at the state or local level, because they can't get convictions.

Same could happen with any unjust law.

It might be nice if all cops had to take a year-long class in Constitutional law taught by strict originalists, and then applied these principles as they saw fit, but that's really outside of the scope of their job.

 

[danhei]

Thanks for the quoting tips.

Jury nullification is a nice concept. I'm guessing a lot of us here wouldn't be allowed on a jury trying a firearm case. It's unfortunate that most people are apathetic and don't seem to care that government at all levels operates unconstitutionally. The Kentucky story is encouraging, however.