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Neo
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Posted: Tue Sep 15th, 2009 08:54 pm |
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I plan to visit family in MS soon and this will be my first visit there since being introduced to OC. I do hold an AL CCW permit (recognized by MS), but would like to OC while traviling as a matter of convenience. I'll be traveling along I-20 through Meridian & Jackson & then down I-55 to just south of Brookhaven.
It sounds like I shouldn't have any problem OC-ing, but I thought I'd ask those of you who live in these areas for your feedback. Is there anything in particular that i need to be aware of while OC-ing in these areas? Thanks.
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mark edward marchiafava
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Posted: Tue Sep 15th, 2009 09:13 pm |
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Yes, there IS something you need to know.
Most MS cops have NO idea OC'ing is guaranteed in their own state's constitution.
Be forewarned.
I-20, just east of Jackson, around Pearl/Brandon is an area very well known for high profile, dump-everything-on-the-shoulder drug searches. If you're black, latino or Asian, be prepared for "the treatment."
Just south of Brookhaven? Gee, you're almost to our camp !!!
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Neo
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Posted: Wed Sep 16th, 2009 10:24 pm |
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| Thanks, MEM. Would anyone else care to comment? Last edited on Wed Sep 16th, 2009 10:24 pm by Neo
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Mississippian
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Posted: Mon Sep 21st, 2009 04:53 pm |
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I have been OCing for a while all around the eastern half of the gulf coast and have yet been asked to show my permit, even when speaking to law enforcement officers as to why I carry. Unfortunately, I do not know what the OC climate is like up around I20.
The bad thing about it is 99% of the people will tell you "You do that and you'll get arrested!" I sure wish I got a nickel for everytime I heard (or hear) that phrase.
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XD-GEM
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Posted: Mon Sep 28th, 2009 01:22 am |
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| Not sure about northern MS, but I carry in Hancock County on a regular basis and have had no trouble. Of course, I'm usually only on my family's property or driving, but I have stopped at the Welcome station at I-10 Exit 1 a few times without incident. I did get a Louisiana CHP at my wife's insistence, so I don't worry about that idiotic stretch of logic masquerading as a legal opinion that has been referenced already.
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marionmedic
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Posted: Mon Mar 1st, 2010 11:45 am |
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YES, you will be fine.
You have a recognized CWP and it's 100% LEGAL to carry in your vehicle even without one.
But don't be surprised if you stop and go in a store or gas station when some twinkie freaks out and calls the cops on you.
If pulled over, present BOTH DL and CCW to officer and advise him you are carrying.
Makes for fewer stressful moments.
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mark edward marchiafava
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Posted: Mon Mar 1st, 2010 12:37 pm |
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words of a true statist.
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marionmedic
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Posted: Mon Mar 1st, 2010 01:22 pm |
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mark edward marchiafava wrote: words of a true statist.
Who???
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