WalkingWolf
Regular Member
I've been looking for an 'answer' or a precedent to this question for years and no one has ever had one. I essentially was looking for an answer to: If someone is standing on the sidewalk or street corner with a sign, is this a demonstration, protest or picket line and does this qualify as being 'on' state or 'public' property? No one could answer.
The Day of Resistance event in Asheville took place IN a city park that is generally thought to have banned guns completely, however this is not the case. Others thought the 'protest' statute on 'public' property made it illegal to carry at the event. The organizers of this event finally got a statement from the police dept on what they were enforcing and needless to say numerous folks OC'ed including a number of rifles. (I know I know, Das ist Verboten talk on OC.org) I believe there are some serious misconceptions spread about this 'protest' statute. And obviously all the naysayers who have their panties in a bunch about OC qualifying an arrest under "going armed to the terror of the public" are just all washed up. If anything could qualify as 'armed to the terror of the public' (without brandishing, threats and capability of carrying out those threats) it would be a number of folks with long guns and sidearms gathered together in a public place.
Without court rulings it just is hard to say. I am sure the police dept if professionally run wants less hassles than more, and making arrests of a large peaceful group would just be counter productive, IMO. Not only that but there is a chance they would get a ruling not favorable to them. This wording needs to be removed from our laws, and is more important than eating in a restaurant that serves alcohol when you can't legally drink while CC in the first place. The lobbyists need to pull their head out of the dark side and actually work on laws that are a hindrance to our safety.