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I've been gone for a while, life has been hectic and other things have kept me from the forum for quite some time. Today I logged in and found that I'm not the only one that's been absent.
We have issues here in Oregon. There is currently a confiscation initiative trying to get on the ballot...
Okay, it's been a year since I finished my document on Oregon cities with preempted firearms ordinances (and not preemped ones). I'm not aware of anyone having used the data to challenge any local ordinances in their area, including here locally.
SO, I am about to embark (started already)...
Several members of OCDO were quoted (from OCDO forum posts) in a Fox News article on the Newport Oregon gun "buyback" (illegal gun show here in Oregon).
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/23/firearms-enthusiasts-crash-gun-buyback-to-hunt-bargains/
This event is about ALL rights, not just firearms or Open Carry, and the challenges we will be facing over the next two years with a fully democrat party controlled legislature and executive.
Open Carry is welcome (though it is not THE emphasis of rally). That said, I'm certain there will be a...
Just want to clear something up.
The US Postal Service is closing up a lot of small post offices at the same time they are entering into agreements with private businesses to provide "postal services". MANY of these PRIVATE BUSINESSES have all manner of "US POST OFFICE" or "US POSTAL...
Here is the long awaited Local Oregon Firearms Ordinances research paper.
Brought to you by the OpenCarryUSMC YouTube channel and Little Brother: Solutions for Big Brother.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-j8gKKfc-McaGdpcF84cFQyalU/edit?usp=sharing
I want to do an Open Records request for 911 calls, dispatch recordings, and police calls for a one hour period in Portland on a specific day. Looking at Portland PD's web site it appears that they want to charge "$50 per hour, minimum" JUST for copies of 911 calls.
My understanding is that...
This is the right way to handle an open carry encounter with police. Unfortunately, they got stopped at a traffic light.....that's another video.....and didn't get the full effect. But it's priceless how they just say "Have a nice day" and walk away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuiRUL27qis...
A friend and I are making an OC motorcycle trip from the Medford area to Brookings, then up the coast of Oregon. Tillamook is the Northernmost point planned though depending on weather and bodies holding up we might cut that short. Return will be down 99 then potentially east out to the Bend...
Check the NEWS AND POLITICAL ALERTS forum for the Josephine County 911 call that went unassisted and ended with the caller beaten and raped.
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?114607-911-call-goes-unaided-no-police-available-woman-raped
This happened in Cave Junction Oregon, in Josephine County. The sheriff's department has been cut to just just 5 deputies plus the sheriff. They operate 5 days per week, 8 hours per day, on a rotating and unpublished schedule. BUT....they weren't working on the morning of August 18th 2012...
So here's a quick rundown per OFF:
Loaded Open Carry without CHL is banned
Loaded magazines and speed loaders are banned in public places including car anywhere within the county
You must allow police to inspect possessed magazines even if you don't have a gun
Only bank security guards can be...
So after more than three years of daily OC I finally had an encounter (on 3 Jan) with law enforcement due to the OC. Had I not been walking with a long gun carrier I'm guessing they never would have "stopped by". On the bright side, it was a consensual encounter rather than a detainment and...
Yesterday a group of pro gun types "crashed" a cease fire Oregon gun buyback in Portland. The Oregonian actually wrote a fairly decent story on the issue and there's a GREAT quote from Portland PD as well.
How does this involve Open Carry? I was there OC the whole time and no LEO contacts at...
Peets coffee has been sold and is "going private" after the company was purchased by a German investor (deal to close around October).
While I'm saddened to see them sold for an apparent profit (would have been nice if they bellied up due to the OC movement basically boycotting them) perhaps...
Please go check it out. It's a slightly edited (format and some class requirements removed) copy of a short paper I submitted tonight for my Business Ethics course. The paper addresses "gun free" zones and business/government creation of them from a consequentialist theory ethical position...
My "Business Ethics" course paper on "gun free" zones (post Aurora, format edited)
Security increased at movies following shootings
Summary:
In the wake of the July 20 shooting rampage in Aurora Colorado security is being increased at similar locations. The Wall Street Journal article...
BREAKING NEWS:
Yesterday a Medford Open Carrier who is a member here (though not a rabid poster) was arrested today and charged with violation of city ordinance on disorderly conduct. He was protesting the speed enforcement radar/photo van 150 yards or so from his house. Het set up a tripod...