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Open Carry at the Yuma Regional Medical Center
Gun Watch ^ | 10 June, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 06/18/2017 8:36:39 AM PDT by marktwain



On the morning of June 8th, 2017, I was openly carrying a Glock 17 in a Fobus retention holster. I had to get some medical tests done. I did not have any problem where I had blood drawn. There were no "gun free zone" signs on the door.

Next I went to the Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) to get a chest X-ray.  It serves as a place to have medical tests done for the entire area. It is part of the Yuma hospital complex.  They have banned guns on their facility ever since the concealed carry shall issue law was passed in 1994.  Arizona law requires public facilities to "check" firearms if they are banned in the facility.  The symbol on the door at YRMC consists of the standard gun in a red circle with a slash mark.  I think Texas, with its 30.06 and 30.07 signs, has the right idea.

 

I ignored the sign and walked in. There were a dozen or two people in the waiting room.  I walked up to the counter and handed over my referral.  The lady immediately said "go to the third desk", pointing through a doorway. I did not have time to declare that I was armed.  No one seemed to notice or care.

I went to the third desk. A pleasant woman was on the other side.  She started to give me instructions, so I interrupted and said, "I have a personal firearm. The procedure to check it has been to call security, then they come and check it for me." She did not hesitate, but said "We trust you". She gave me some simple instructions and told me to have a seat in another waiting room down the hall. There were another dozen people there.

I had barely been seated and opened my book when a lady called my name.  It couldn't have been more than a three minutes since I entered the building.

She introduced herself as the technician who would take my x-ray, and asked me to follow her. It wasn't a difficult task. She was a lovely young woman.

She told me to take off my shirt, because she did not want the buttons to interfere with the x-ray.  I asked if I should remove my phone from the belt holster, and she said it was not necessary. I had removed my sunglasses and hat, and had already placed the holstered Glock on the counter. She was completely unconcerned. I was not required to do it.

The X-rays were quick and painless. She escorted me to the corridor and pointed the correct way out.  I walked out into the sunshine and decided to take a couple of pictures.

I put down my book on a bench and moved away for some different perspectives.

When I came back, the book was gone.  I went inside, through the same door, ignoring the sign, and went up to the counter for a second time.  The book was on the counter, cover still warm from the sun. Someone had turned it in, believing it was forgotten.  There was no reaction to my being armed, just an acknowledgement that the book had just been turned in.

As I walked out, a woman sitting on one of the benches said she had turned the book in.  I thanked her. She said, in a pleasant voice, that I looked like I was on Safari.  It has been said a time or two before.  Mostly, I get complements on the hat.



The next day I went back to my doctor's office, to discuss the test results. I was openly carrying the Glock. When I was on the examination table, the holstered Glock was on the counter a few feet away.

My doctor isn't a shooter, but she or her staff, have never had a problem with my carry. On that visit, the receptionist made a joke about me having to rid my self of "twenty pounds of gear" before I was weighed.  I am sure that my gear weighed less than 10 pounds. I had my camera, Sony recorder, spare batteries, and change with me.

In spite of the Hospital administration, open carry has been normalized in Yuma, Arizona.

©2017 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.

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YRMC is now part of a "private - public partnership".

They can now legally ban guns from their facility as a private entity, without checking them for you.

1 posted on 06/18/2017 8:36:39 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I don’t (and generally can’t here in CA) open carry. I prefer CCW, but have zero problem with anybody open carrying. In most cases, only private, not public facilities should have the right to prohibit open or CCW carry.


2 posted on 06/18/2017 8:46:26 AM PDT by umgud
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To: marktwain

What model Glock?

I would prefer a Wheel Gun..
Your thoughts?

And who is the maker of That Hat?

Thanks!


3 posted on 06/18/2017 8:54:18 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: marktwain

Nicely done Dean. I see open carry on occasion in Reno but no one seems too concerned.


4 posted on 06/18/2017 8:54:28 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: marktwain

Arizona has a whole different culture as far as firearms are concerned. My buddy asked me to describe it after I had been here four years and I said, ‘the Glock 17 is our state flower.”


5 posted on 06/18/2017 9:08:54 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: rktman
Of course there is always room for sensible open carry as compared to idiots without a clue.
6 posted on 06/18/2017 9:09:30 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: umgud

I live near Colorado Springs, CO. My UC Medical facility has a no guns sign, but I have seen open carry at Walmart and at Lowes. Nobody seems to care, but my super-liberal daughter who lives in Alaska feels very uncomfortable around anyone with a gun, despite the fact that when she was 12, she had no problem shooting my .22 semi-auto rifle. But 4 years at UC Boulder was all it took to turn her into a super liberal.


7 posted on 06/18/2017 9:14:05 AM PDT by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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To: Stayfree

If you daughter hails from AK, she will likely come around on guns. Open carry there is just too common. Wish you the best.


8 posted on 06/18/2017 9:34:47 AM PDT by umgud
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To: marktwain

Nice. Here in Virginia it’s pretty much normalized as well. With the exception of a few places that I rarely go, like the DMV office, OC simply isn’t an issue anymore.


9 posted on 06/18/2017 9:47:40 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (In the medium term, islam wins)
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To: Big Red Badger

Looks like a Gen 2 Glock 17 with tritium night sights.


10 posted on 06/18/2017 9:56:17 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Glock 17... Okay.

Seems a Revolver would be a
“Friendlier” pistol to display.

That’s just Me.
Thanks


11 posted on 06/18/2017 10:18:48 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: smokingfrog

The Hat makes It!


12 posted on 06/18/2017 10:29:35 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Stayfree

I live in Littleton outside Denver. I have not seen a lot of open carry. Sometimes my aloha shirt will blow open but usually I have a dark tshirt on under.
Littleton Advent hospital has a metal detector and guard when walking into ER, even I you are the emergency. Probably nor at ambulance entrance. BTW what is the EMT procedure for dealing with an injured legally armed person?


13 posted on 06/18/2017 11:41:59 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: marktwain

I bet you get a lot more chest X-Rays in Yuma. There is an 8.8 per 100,000 rate of tuberculosis in your county, so there is a continuous alert for its symptoms.


14 posted on 06/18/2017 12:34:20 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Baizuo" A derogatory term the Chinese are using to describe America's naive "White Left")
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To: Big Red Badger

Looks like he sat on that hat.


15 posted on 06/18/2017 2:35:22 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: School of Rational Thought

Looks like he sat on that hat.


A couple of cross country motorcycle trips, with the hat crushed and bungee-corded on the luggage, will do that.


16 posted on 06/18/2017 3:44:03 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

The TB test was negative.

Turned out to pneumonia. Being treated now.


17 posted on 06/18/2017 3:47:15 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Should have been

Turned out to “be” pneumonia. Being treated now.


18 posted on 06/18/2017 3:48:07 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: smokingfrog

Looks like a Gen 2 Glock 17 with tritium night sights.


Good eye. That is correct.


19 posted on 06/18/2017 3:48:49 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Big Red Badger

What model Glock?

I would prefer a Wheel Gun..
Your thoughts?

And who is the maker of That Hat?


Glock 17, Gen 2 with night sights.

I like revolvers, but it is hard to beat the Glock. Weight the same as a .357, but has 18 rounds to a revolver’s 6-7 for the same weight of gun.

The Glock has become the Smith & Wesson of the age.

The Hat:

http://www.villagehatshop.com/product/crushable/451139-3004/jaxon-hats-c-crown-crushable-wool-felt-fedora-hat.html?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=datafeed&utm_term=451139-60157&scid=scplp451139-60157&sc_intid=451139-60157&gclid=Cj0KEQjwyZjKBRDu—WG9ayT_ZEBEiQApZBFuOCQDKbO5qQ0g9GUc6vjirLj_vOMQzGL6K9l3Km3IKUaAgII8P8HAQ


20 posted on 06/18/2017 4:04:02 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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