Posted on 05/06/2013 2:46:15 PM PDT by marktwain
I was out running this morning (missed a session yesterday covering the Phoenix Gun Turn in). I was open carrying, a habit I picked up during Desert Storm back in the 90's in Arizona, not the sandbox.
While running, I heard a short honk. I turned to see a Yuma Sheriff's Dept. truck going by and caught a friendly wave from the deputy.
Nice to be trusted by peace officers. In my experience, Sheriff departments are very supportive of armed citizens.
Dean Weingarten
Probably a winter visitor, most likely from Canada. At the end of the friendly visit, one deputy said to the other, "Well, if you were in this neighborhood, running, you would be carrying too, wouldn't you?"
That is also a tactic for an officer to make sure you know he knows you’re there and he’s watching.
Try that just a few miles north in Kalifornistan and see what happens. Love Arizona
It is also a tactic to determine something about the person’s mentality in a non-threatening manner and from some distance.
I wouldn’t have a problem with it.
My wife and I just got back from New Mexico,Arizona and Utah.We each have our concealed carry permits issued by Ohio,we were armed on our entire trip.Exceptions being National Parks and White Sands(trinity site). It was great traveling in states that were that open.
So you can carry in a lot of National Parks.
lol...
Re: Carrying Guns in National Parks
A Quick Guide to Gun Regulations in the Intermountain Region - National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/upload/gunsinparks_IMR_2-2010.pdf
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