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    Wenatchee Confluence State Park head ranger bans open carry?

    Our veteran's group will be camping there the third weekend in July and when the chapter organizing the weekend went down to talk to the head ranger about some activities they wanted to put on he told them that Open Carry was not allowed in the park. Anyone know something I don't know...
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    8th Annual Whatcom County OC Picnic ???

    Just wondering. With my business (motorcycle repair) I have to plan well in advance or I will find that I have customers to take care of and can't make it. With advance notice, well I just don't let them book for that day. I hope it will be the same weekend as last year because I am out of...
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    Checking in at a courthouse post I-594

    Ceding control of your firearm to a state/county/city employee in order to enter a courthouse would seem pretty transferish to me. Any legal thoughts on how this initiative will be implemented given its conflict with current state law? My town doesn't have lock boxes so I have to hand it to...
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    Blaine City Hall

    A few years ago I recounted the fight I had with then city manager Tomlin to get my gun checked to go to City Council meetings (held in the courtroom). He insisted that the law said I could check it at the police station, even though the station was next door to the City Hall and the law...
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    Oh, jailer!

    Had a nice chat with a jailer the other day and got a great opportunity to educate him on open carry. I didn't know that they aren't regular police officers and don't go through regular police training. They do get training and bulletins from the PD but I guess not as formally. I was open...
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    Oregon chl info update needed

    I have the next month off and want to get this taken care of. Canyon City is a long way away as I'm already driving from Blaine, WA and so am looking at Columbia Co. Has anyone done a recent NEW application? I have found several renewal posts but this is a new app. I don't want to drive all...
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    Bellingham VFW definitely unfriendly

    Stopped by for their pancake breakfast. As I sat quietly reading my book and waiting for my breakfast I was approached and told I'd have to leave because they don't allow firearms. I asked if they were serious, then picked up my stuff, got my money back, and left. Before I left though...
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    4th Circuit rules OC not RAS to stop

    The Fourth Circuit court has ruled on a case in North Carolina. The ruling says that if Open Carry is legal, then carrying openly does not constitute Reasonable Articulable Suspicion for the police to stop you. This is what Casad (the unpublished case here in Washington) found, but this is the...
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    Possible sticky about getting an Oregon CPL?

    Every once in a while someone asks me about getting an Oregon CPL and that reminds me that I haven't made it all the way down from Blaine to do that. I search and browse the Washington OC site trying to find all those great posts about which sheriff's to contact and what counties to go to and I...
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    Vancouver, WA OC report

    Went down to Vancouver for a week to go to the AP Calculus Institute so I can teach AP this year. Stayed with a buddy on the east side of I-205. Had a great encounter with the guys in Continental Loan, a local pawn shop. Went in looking for a graphing calculator cause I'd forgotten mine...
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    Snoqualmie Ranger District clean up day

    Organizer: Ian Canaan (will also be attending) Subject/Purpose: Snoqualmie Ranger District Volunteer Clean-Up Day Format: face-to-face Confirmed Start Date/Time: Saturday July 16, 2011 8:00 AM Timezone: Pacific Time Duration: approximately 8 hours Proposed Location: Meet in the parking...
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    I-5 Corridor carry, Blaine to Vancouver

    Ran down to Vancouver this weekend to visit a buddy. Stopped in Lacey at a Texaco and to grab a Dr. Pepper. In, out, gassed up, no issues. Centralia Starbucks, concealed because it was cold and I wanted to wear a coat. Vancouver, OC in various places including the buffett on Fourth Plain...
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    Starbucks, Bellingham Saturday February 12, 8:30am

    I have a later appointment on Saturday so have decided to be at the Starbucks on Bakerview Road at 8:30 Saturday morning. I will be there for half an hour to an hour depending on whether I have anyone to socialize with (I'll bring a book to keep me occupied til at least 9:00 before heading to...
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    IP (Ignorant Person) contact in Bellingham

    IP: Are you a police officer? OP (original poster, ie me): No, sir. IP: You can't just carry your gun out in the open like that. OP: Yes, you can. Washington is an open carry state. IP: But only if it's unloaded. (Note, the IP has already contradicted himself three sentences into the...
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    OCd to a birthday party

    A friend turned 47 recently and her husband put on a surprise birthday party. The party was at another friend's place on Lake Whatcom. Debated OCing but decided that since it is a routine part of my attire there was no reason to change for this party. In deference to the unknown reactions by...
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    Open carriers in Whatcom County

    I wanted to thank everyone for all the support, encouragement, and education that you have provided over the past several years since I joined this board. I now have several friends who are not on this board who routinely open carry because of discussions that you have made possible. I have...
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    Snoqualmie National Forest cleanup - volunteers needed

    Volunteers Needed on July 10 in the Snoqualmie National Forest The U.S. Forest Service is asking for volunteers to assist in a clean-up of garbage and debris left at several shooting sites located in the Greenwater Area on the Snoqualmie Ranger District of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National...
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    Semi OC at Everett motorcycle event

    imported post Given that I have a permit I don't worry too much about whether the gun is CC or OC. Yesterday I had my 45 on my belt with a leather vest partially over it. Legally it was concealed but the vest is waist length so about half the gun hangs out from under it. As I stood by our booth...
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    JCPenney's OC

    imported post Went to Penney's in the Bellis Fair Mall on Monday to return a defective coat. Just wanted an exchange as it is a comfortable coat but seemed to have some manufacturing defects and is falling apart. Didn't even occur to me that I'd have to take off the coat to exchange it. So off...
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    I can no longer carry concealed

    imported post City of Blaine is taking every possible second to issue my license renewal. Due to the unfortunate lack of a mailed renewal notice (only license in WA that doesn't get one AFAIK) and my schedule which doesn't allow me to get to the police station before they close on most days, I...
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