It's been awhile and I've been elsewhere. But a topic has come to my attention that I hope will merit discussion here.
It started with me trying to get a straight answer from my local city about where I can and cannot carry as a valid CHL holder. I was issued a permit in Multnomah County in Oregon. In my CHL class I was told "there are some weird rules about Portland you will need to look into." In trying to find out what these "weird rules" are, I ran into this:
http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/other/83421.pdf
www.katu.com has some quick run down pieces on it. If I understand this correctly (and much I don't), it looks like our Mayor wants to pass some of his own gun control rules. Did I get that right? And if so, isn't there something funky about that? I called the county CHL dept today to get answers, they sent me to Portland Police Department to answer my questions about "rules around carrying in Portland." PPD sent me back to county. The county then gave me an earful about how I should be talking to the Mayor. The Mayor's line is busy. It looks like this is coming up for a vote shortly.
I've chosen to post here because even if I've broken a rule or misunderstood something, I think there are enough interested RKBA people on this forum to look into this. Seems like this should be talked about.
I haven't thoroughly searched this forum to see if anyone else has taken up this topic. I hope they have.
Apologies to mods if I posted this incorrectly, I've never posted in this part of the forum before and I haven't been on the board in some time.
It started with me trying to get a straight answer from my local city about where I can and cannot carry as a valid CHL holder. I was issued a permit in Multnomah County in Oregon. In my CHL class I was told "there are some weird rules about Portland you will need to look into." In trying to find out what these "weird rules" are, I ran into this:
http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/other/83421.pdf
www.katu.com has some quick run down pieces on it. If I understand this correctly (and much I don't), it looks like our Mayor wants to pass some of his own gun control rules. Did I get that right? And if so, isn't there something funky about that? I called the county CHL dept today to get answers, they sent me to Portland Police Department to answer my questions about "rules around carrying in Portland." PPD sent me back to county. The county then gave me an earful about how I should be talking to the Mayor. The Mayor's line is busy. It looks like this is coming up for a vote shortly.
I've chosen to post here because even if I've broken a rule or misunderstood something, I think there are enough interested RKBA people on this forum to look into this. Seems like this should be talked about.
I haven't thoroughly searched this forum to see if anyone else has taken up this topic. I hope they have.
Apologies to mods if I posted this incorrectly, I've never posted in this part of the forum before and I haven't been on the board in some time.