I think yall are missing the point with concealed weapons. It doesnt matter if your legal or not. The fact remains that if you are Carry a gun and then the chances of problems with the police and rangers gets worse. Be it your legal sure but a fed park ranger has more legal authority then an FBI agent. If you tell them right off the get go and make sure they understand you have a weapon he wont hold you up and more then likely wont look for other things. I have a bunch of friends who are cops and it pisses them off when someone with a cwp doesnt disclose it. There is just toooo many nuts out there.
Now on the other side of the point I guess I lived in Yuba county for a while and had a cwp. I was friends with the sheriff and she told me one thing after she gave it to me. If I was going to use it in self defense, When she shows up they better be dead. Thats just cya since dead men dont tell stories.
The other thing I learned from her was that if I was pulled over while I was armed that I should always hand the officer my drivers license, insurance and my cwp. Either or ive moved from that area and no longer have a cwp but some day I will be able to carry again. I am ex military and was trained with side arms and rifles as well as having a security clearance which was a total was of tax payers money but it dose help when ya live in Cali.
If you have a gun with you when your wheelin that fine by me but I will hold you to a very high standard. I DO NOT like idiots with guns and blame a lot of them for the problems we have with guns rights.
Just another fyi: The second amendment was written in a time of war and what followed after. Too many misunderstand the second amendment and often misquote it. I personally believe in our right to bear arms but I also believe that the checks they run before you can take possession of a weapon are a good thing.
Here is a little quote from a wiki.
early American settlers viewed the right to arms and/or the right to bear arms and/or state militias as important for one or more of these purposes:
* deterring undemocratic government;
* repelling invasion;
* suppressing insurrection;
* facilitating a natural right of self-defense;(which was added later. In the original 2nd Amendment this was not there. This is what it said: A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
* participating in law enforcement;
* slave control in slave states.
The reason I made that red was mainly due to the anti gun lobbyist using this as a main fighting point for a very long time.
Basically when your around other people with a weapon keep it out of site and even more so keep it stored safe. Imo there is NO reason for a group of guys wheeling to all be carrying guns. Sorry but bears dont tend to come near loud ars trucks. Though I am glad to see no one in your group pulled theirs to make a point. If you have never shot someone before then dont ever do it. Ya Ya I sound like an old man but hey Respect is #1 in my world.
