gmijackso
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I was just considering the OC meetups, and it got me thinking back to my days in high school in Michigan. BACKGROUND: A fairly large group of us would all talk together on the CB Radio (yes, I'm THAT geek) and would meet up most nights in a parking lot near the river to BS and just otherwise hang out. Nothing too obnoxious. The police began to pester us and eventually determined they could break up the gathering as it was a "gang" by the local definition.
So this got me thinking about the meetups, and got me looking through the NRS. It seems that NRS 193.168 has a definition of "criminal gang" (to which other NRS points to such as 201.570) that reads:
So how does the group fit that definition? We're obviously a group of persons, organized formally or informally, and the group would continue with any individual left.
(a)Do we have a common name or identifying symbol? Does Nevada Open Carry count? What about if the proposed T-shirts were enacted? Or does the open carry of a weapon count as an "identifying symbol"?
(b)I can only assume that openly carrying a firearm through daily life is a conduct and custom indicative of the group, is it not?
(c)This one seems harder to pin down. However, if in fact it is illegal to carry a firearm in a case without a CCW to go to the shooting range which has previously been discussed, that action would be a felony and is a "common activity" among the members I'm sure.
Just an interesting thought I wanted to share. Not personally worried about it, just thought provoking to me.
I was just considering the OC meetups, and it got me thinking back to my days in high school in Michigan. BACKGROUND: A fairly large group of us would all talk together on the CB Radio (yes, I'm THAT geek) and would meet up most nights in a parking lot near the river to BS and just otherwise hang out. Nothing too obnoxious. The police began to pester us and eventually determined they could break up the gathering as it was a "gang" by the local definition.
So this got me thinking about the meetups, and got me looking through the NRS. It seems that NRS 193.168 has a definition of "criminal gang" (to which other NRS points to such as 201.570) that reads:
8. As used in this section, “criminal gang” means any combination of persons, organized formally or informally, so constructed that the organization will continue its operation even if individual members enter or leave the organization, which:
(a) Has a common name or identifying symbol;
(b) Has particular conduct, status and customs indicative of it; and
(c) Has as one of its common activities engaging in criminal activity punishable as a felony, other than the conduct which constitutes the primary offense.
So how does the group fit that definition? We're obviously a group of persons, organized formally or informally, and the group would continue with any individual left.
(a)Do we have a common name or identifying symbol? Does Nevada Open Carry count? What about if the proposed T-shirts were enacted? Or does the open carry of a weapon count as an "identifying symbol"?
(b)I can only assume that openly carrying a firearm through daily life is a conduct and custom indicative of the group, is it not?
(c)This one seems harder to pin down. However, if in fact it is illegal to carry a firearm in a case without a CCW to go to the shooting range which has previously been discussed, that action would be a felony and is a "common activity" among the members I'm sure.
Just an interesting thought I wanted to share. Not personally worried about it, just thought provoking to me.