...you can legally be harassed and/or detained by exercising your legal rights.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fe...ce-detain-individuals-open-carrying-firearms/
I can see both sides of the equation. Is he legally carrying because he can or is he some pyscho, like the kid in SC, waiting to take a shot at somebody? Which is the lesser of the two "evils" (to some anyway), seeing someone carrying or thinking they may be because it is concealed?
Oh, yeah, don't OC and wear camouflage...if he was dressed in casual work clothes or a suit this probably never would have occurred. But the lady was scared by the camo...
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fe...ce-detain-individuals-open-carrying-firearms/
Several months later Deffert filed a federal lawsuit alleging his constitutional rights were violated and that he was assaulted and falsely imprisoned. The legality of open carry in the Michigan was never in question, only if law enforcement had the authority to detain an individual simply because they were open carrying a firearm, according to court records.
In the most convoluted of logic, U.S. District Judge Janet Neff claimed that officers do have such authority. Neff wrote that the officers were “justified in following up on the 9-1-1 call and using swift action to determine whether [Deffert’s] behavior gave rise to a need to protect or preserve life … in the neighborhood.”
I can see both sides of the equation. Is he legally carrying because he can or is he some pyscho, like the kid in SC, waiting to take a shot at somebody? Which is the lesser of the two "evils" (to some anyway), seeing someone carrying or thinking they may be because it is concealed?
Oh, yeah, don't OC and wear camouflage...if he was dressed in casual work clothes or a suit this probably never would have occurred. But the lady was scared by the camo...