HA! California open carriers will now switch to unloaded rifles and shotguns

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From the Department of Be Careful What You Hope For, Because You Might Just Get It:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-guns-20111011,0,5655548.story

.......The new law exempts peace officers, hunters and people attending gun shows or going to shooting ranges from its penalties of up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. It does not prohibit the public carrying of unloaded long-barrel weapons such as rifles — a silence that open-carry advocates say they will exploit.

Yih-Chau Chang, an open-carry practitioner in the Bay Area, said he was disappointed but not surprised by Brown's action. He also said it would not stop him and others from publicly demonstrating their rights.

"Come Jan. 1," he said, "you will see us out there carrying unloaded rifles and shotguns."

You lot were so busy congratulating yourselves about the ban on open carry of unloaded handguns you forgot to notice that
the new law exempted long arms. Fortunately, the OC activists noticed, and they plan on taking full advantage of it. And
they should be treated just like the OWS protesters- If they don't break the law, there are no grounds for their arrest.

And as has been seen before with them, if some overzealous cop decides to arrest them anyway, said cop and their LE agency
will soon be facing a lawsuit or lawsuits.