RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?

["Crissup, John \(MBNAP it\)" <John.Crissup () us millwardbrown com>]

   In some states, it's legal to open carry, but requires a permit for
concealed carry.  They view it as less of a risk if the police can see
that you're carrying.


--
John


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Drsolly
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:31 AM
To: Brian Loe
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org; Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Subject: Re: [funsec] Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or
not?

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 11/2/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > >   Yes, brandishing is along the lines of "showing in a 
> > > threateningly manor".  Leaves an awful lot to interpretation....
> >
> > If "threatening manner" is the criterion, then I'd say that anyone 
> > openly carrying a gun is showing it in a threatening manner. Isn't 
> > that the whole point of openly carrying?
>
> To you it might be threatening, but a reasonable adult wouldn't be 
> threatened at all. Considering every cop in the states carries openly 
> it is pretty common,

I thought we were talking about citizens, not cops.

> besides the fact that those aforementioned rational adults would 
> understand the difference between a gun in a holster and gun in your 
> face....
 
I would find it very threatening, and I would vote accordingly on a
jury. 
The entire point of carrying a gun openly, is to show that you're armed.

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