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Was that in question?fickman wrote: I just wish the officers had taken the extra step of affirming to the complainants that no laws had been broken and that open carrying is a firearm in Missouri is business as usual.
I did notice that as well..which tells me he did not really feel all that threatened, and likely knew it was a baited ambush at THAT point….in the contact.texanjoker wrote:Heck they didn't even disarm the people so no story.
The part I found interesting and need to research is when the Chief stated if a third part was alarmed, (starting at vid tape second :32 or so) it was considered a "peace disturbance".Keith B wrote:Was the police chief of Marshfield. Marshfield is a small town northeast of Springfield, MO on I-44. While Missouri is open carry as a state, individual municipalities can set ordinances prohibiting it. Marshfield doesn't have one, but several do. But, as you can see, open carry on private property can definitely be restricted and Walmart wanted them to leave. Many stores will not confront someone if they want you to not open carry and will let the LEO's deal with it. They were not arrested, but they were checked out and asked to not go back in carrying openly.Beiruty wrote:The Sherif is Pro 2nA, but had to explain whey his guys were called on the scene.philip964 wrote:http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09 ... he-police/
More testing of Constitutional rights or seeing if you can get an interesting video at the expense of the police.
My assumption is that producing an ID is not required, but would you need to identify yourself if asked.
And, while Missouri has always been a legal open carry state, you can see why it is rarely practiced.