In this day and age nearly everything you do is going to either alarm, offend, or upset someone somewhere.Ruark wrote:This approach came up on a YouTube video where a guy was carrying his AR around his neighborhood and half a dozen people called the police about a MWAG. They came to the house and of course he started jabbering about the 2nd Amendment. The LEO said the focus wasn't on the 2nd, it was on people being alarmed. Seems like the same logic could be applied to OC under certain circumstances. For example:K5GU wrote: Can't the LEO still use "reasonable suspicion" if he is dispatched to a 9-1-1 MWAG scene? Public is "alarmed", etc.?
It is perfectly legal to carry a baseball bat. It is perfectly legal to walk around in a Speedo. It is perfectly legal to wear scuba flippers.
Now, suppose you walked through an upscale mall in a Speedo and scuba flippers, carrying a baseball bat? Nobody can make a peep, right? You're not doing anything illegal. But of course, it wouldn't work like that. Somebody would call the police, and you'd be hauled off for something like creating a public disturbance, or some similar charge. Or, at the very least, you'd be made to leave the premises, not because of what you were doing, but because of the public alarm you created.
Could the same apply to open carry?
We need to get back to people minding their own business. Yes, I can dream.