Is Seattle an Open Carry city?

[h2ofowlr]

I wouldn't open carry in Seattle.  Your taking your life in your hands if cops are called.  Do you trust that an officer wouldn't shoot you?  If you were confronted by officers and they ordered you at gun point to put down your weapon.  I bet panic would set in with a few of them.  If the barrel swung any where close to their direction, you would be perforated with bullets.

[Special T]

I am not a proponent of OC because it is tactically unwise.

I heard some discussion a while back lamenting the CC law implemented in AZ where OC was quite common. While tactically a better choice it sheilds the public from guns and the fact that citizens carry them around. This can allow the social pressures to change the course of how the 2A is viewed.

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[300rum]

The police officers in Seattle open carry, but I guess they hate them in Seattle too.

A couple of years ago I was in Boston and there were three guys dressed up in 3 pointed hats walking down town with muskets (by the holocaust memorial), just strolling around with thousands of people not even caring at all.  Think about it, the most liberal state in the country and three grown men playing dress-up with (just as deadly) muskets and no one cares! 

[pianoman9701]

I wouldn't open carry in Seattle.  Your taking your life in your hands if cops are called.  Do you trust that an officer wouldn't shoot you?  If you were confronted by officers and they ordered you at gun point to put down your weapon.  I bet panic would set in with a few of them.  If the barrel swung any where close to their direction, you would be perforated with bullets.

I wouldn't open carry for my aforementioned reason. But, I don't know of a single incident in WA where a non-felonious citizen with open carry has been shot down in an officer-involved shooting. I believe your fears of this happening have zero basis in fact. Seattle police may be under the orders of a bunch of liberal socialist nutballs who show no respect for their badges. But they're still trained officers.

[smithkl42]

I wouldn't open carry for my aforementioned reason. But, I don't know of a single incident in WA where a non-felonious citizen with open carry has been shot down in an officer-involved shooting. I believe your fears of this happening have zero basis in fact. Seattle police may be under the orders of a bunch of liberal socialist nutballs who show no respect for their badges. But they're still trained officers.

You may be right, especially when if you're white. If you're a black man engaging in open carry, however, you're basically just begging the police to shoot you.

[Cougartail]

I wouldn't open carry in Seattle.  Your taking your life in your hands if cops are called.  Do you trust that an officer wouldn't shoot you?  If you were confronted by officers and they ordered you at gun point to put down your weapon.  I bet panic would set in with a few of them.  If the barrel swung any where close to their direction, you would be perforated with bullets.

I wouldn't open carry for my aforementioned reason. But, I don't know of a single incident in WA where a non-felonious citizen with open carry has been shot down in an officer-involved shooting. I believe your fears of this happening have zero basis in fact. Seattle police may be under the orders of a bunch of liberal socialist nutballs who show no respect for their badges. But they're still trained officers.

 

[pianoman9701]

I wouldn't open carry for my aforementioned reason. But, I don't know of a single incident in WA where a non-felonious citizen with open carry has been shot down in an officer-involved shooting. I believe your fears of this happening have zero basis in fact. Seattle police may be under the orders of a bunch of liberal socialist nutballs who show no respect for their badges. But they're still trained officers.

You may be right, especially when if you're white. If you're a black man engaging in open carry, however, you're basically just begging the police to shoot you.

You're using these idiots as an example of how police are going to shoot us all in the streets? These guys were looking for a response to make themselves famous on YouTube. They're morons, multi-racial morons.

[Cougartail]

I am not a proponent of OC because it is tactically unwise.

I heard some discussion a while back lamenting the CC law implemented in AZ where OC was quite common. While tactically a better choice it sheilds the public from guns and the fact that citizens carry them around. This can allow the social pressures to change the course of how the 2A is viewed.

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Nobody thinks twice about open carry in Fairbanks Alaska as it is so common.

[Pegasus]

I am not a proponent of OC because it is tactically unwise.

I heard some discussion a while back lamenting the CC law implemented in AZ where OC was quite common. While tactically a better choice it sheilds the public from guns and the fact that citizens carry them around. This can allow the social pressures to change the course of how the 2A is viewed.

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Nobody thinks twice about open carry in Fairbanks Alaska as it is so common.

"Toto, I have the feeling we're not in Alaska anymore." Its called the Emerald City for a reason...

[Jpmiller]

I wouldn't open carry for my aforementioned reason. But, I don't know of a single incident in WA where a non-felonious citizen with open carry has been shot down in an officer-involved shooting. I believe your fears of this happening have zero basis in fact. Seattle police may be under the orders of a bunch of liberal socialist nutballs who show no respect for their badges. But they're still trained officers.

You may be right, especially when if you're white. If you're a black man engaging in open carry, however, you're basically just begging the police to shoot you.

You're using these idiots as an example of how police are going to shoot us all in the streets? These guys were looking for a response to make themselves famous on YouTube. They're morons, multi-racial morons.

You mean if I go out looking for an altercation with the police I might get one? What a crazy thought, I hate folks that do this stuff.

[Jpmiller]

I also used to work around a guy that used to open carry a large revolver and I honestly don't think most people ever noticed. He stopped after the fourth or fifth time a bum tried to snatch it off his hip.

[smithkl42]

You're using these idiots as an example of how police are going to shoot us all in the streets? These guys were looking for a response to make themselves famous on YouTube. They're morons, multi-racial morons.

Did I *say* that the police were gonna shoot us all in the streets?

That said, you've heard of Philando Castile, right? He was law-abiding, legally carrying, followed every single order the officer gave, and still got murdered for his troubles.

If you're arguing that black folks wouldn't face massively higher risks from open-carrying than white folks ... I guess I wouldn't even know where to begin the debate.

[smithkl42]

You mean if I go out looking for an altercation with the police I might get one? What a crazy thought, I hate folks that do this stuff.

So if a white person is open carrying, it's exercising their second amendment rights. But if a black person is open carrying, it's going out and looking for an altercation with the police.

Got it.

[Jpmiller]

You mean if I go out looking for an altercation with the police I might get one? What a crazy thought, I hate folks that do this stuff.

So if a white person is open carrying, it's exercising their second amendment rights. But if a black person is open carrying, it's going out and looking for an altercation with the police.

Got it.

No, the white guys were also looking for trouble. Their part of the video was cut out I'd assume if they kept it going it would have continued like all the other jack wagons on youribe who go out looking for trouble. You don't get your buddies together to go film yourselves walking down the street unless there's a purpose.

[Pegasus]

You're using these idiots as an example of how police are going to shoot us all in the streets? These guys were looking for a response to make themselves famous on YouTube. They're morons, multi-racial morons.

Did I *say* that the police were gonna shoot us all in the streets?

That said, you've heard of Philando Castile, right? He was law-abiding, legally carrying, followed every single order the officer gave, and still got murdered for his troubles.

If you're arguing that black folks wouldn't face massively higher risks from open-carrying than white folks ... I guess I wouldn't even know where to begin the debate.

Sadly you are mistaken. Statics showthat you are just plain wrong about your false assumptions.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/7264/5-statistics-you-need-know-about-cops-killing-aaron-bandler