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ghosthunter
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 05:59 am |
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I think you have to have something Open Carry otherwise what is the point. You want Open Carry on that sign.
Depending on the speed limit many folks will not even notice your gun. The sign with
Open carry is the cream on the cake. It is a must in my veiw.
Members Open Carry
Washington Open Carry
King County open Carry Whatever.
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 06:17 am |
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I have alerted the person in charge who we are and our agenda. She is fine with that but we still have to be approved by someone higher than her.
My latest suggestion them was the following, remember we are limited to 20 characters per line:
Washington OC Members
OpenCarry Org
Last edited on Fri Jun 27th, 2008 06:20 am by M1Gunr
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 05:56 pm |
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Washington OC Members
OpenCarry Org
I called Joyce and let her know I would come over and sign the papers this morning. I arrived in the parking lot and walked in the building. She came right up to me and said "you must be Bill." As we got down the hallway she said she figured it had to be me because of the pistol on my hip. No one batted an eye the whole time.
The paperwork is all signed and equipment picked up. Our sign will be in place in 6-8 weeks (or sooner). I have all the paperwork needed along with safety equipment. If you want to use the extended grabbers to pick up trash you will have to purchase it yourself (I suggest Harbor Freight Tools). No more than 15 folks and three vehicles.
No need to PM me with contact info as everyone picking will have a form to fill out. One form they only need once, the other is a roster of folks picking and. Once the form is filled out you are covered under L&I in case of accident.
All we need to do now is pick our first litter picking date. I drove by the area all last week and it looks really good however I did not get out to do a inspection. We are required to pick 4 times a year (min). I suggest we do a pick late July early August then we are in the clear till late October early November. April is a mandatory pick month.
I am going to turn my first post on this subject into the Pick Date & Time. As soon as we get the sign in place a pic will be added.
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just_a_car
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 12:38 am |
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NEAT! I really do hope I have the time to help out on this, even though it's such a long drive.
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Gene Beasley
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 01:52 am |
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| Cool, what stretch do we have?
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:31 am |
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Gene Beasley
Cool, what stretch do we have?
South Bound I-5 from the King / Pierce County Line to the exit at 54th Ave in Fife.
I drove the shoulder today on the way home from work. It looks in good shape with very little trash. There are a couple of areas that are mowed on a regular basis. We have one small marshy area that's only maybe 150 feet long.
Last edited on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:36 am by M1Gunr
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ghosthunter
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 06:43 am |
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Wish I was not so far away I would like to get in on it. Maybe I can muster some intrest up north.
How about it anyone in Skagit -Whatcom County interested????
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just_a_car
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 06:52 am |
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Honestly, Skagit-Whatcom is closer for me than Fife is... plus I don't have to travel through "enemy territory" (Read: The People's Яepublik of Seattle). It would be even better if it were Snohomish County, as there's quite a few people up here: myself, expvideo, Lonnie, Agent47, etc.
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ghosthunter
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 02:58 pm |
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No reason there cannot be more than one group. I can see this taking off all over the state.
Media might even pick up on it. Flash
Drivers took a double take today as they sped by members of OpenCarry. org wearing their rights on their hip while picking up litter...........
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John Hardin
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:25 pm |
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ghosthunter wrote: Drivers took a double take today as they sped by members of OpenCarry. org wearing their rights on their hip while picking up litter...........
Oh yeah. That would help to dispel the myth that OC is for nutcases.
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 04:27 pm |
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in others news..... Litter on the highways has dropped to an all time low since Washington members of OpenCarry.org have begun picking up litter along the I-5 corridor while wearing their guns.
NH gun advocates pick up litter to attract attention
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/NEWS/80504008/-1/NEWS08&sfad=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIBELcNq5mU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olP_kwsEZ6w&NR=1
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just_a_car
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 08:43 pm |
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Yano, something I thought about last night... what's stopping anti's from waiting to see the OCDO members cleaning up the stretch of road designated as "theirs" to keep clean and then the next day dumping as much crap as they can to show how "bad" we are? (barring the obvious "hurting the environment" and litter-laws, of course)
What I'm saying is, by marking something as "ours" it becomes a target, just in general.
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ghosthunter
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 03:20 am |
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Bad press for them if they get caught not to mention the nice littering fine. And a camcorder on site can record the effort and progress of our group.
I dont think this would be much of a problem. If so we just go out and do it again.
Now days with all the Hwy cams out there it would a risky move for them.
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Right Wing Wacko
Activist Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 04:38 am |
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When I was doing work for my local districts republican party a few years back I suggested that we do an Adopt a Highway. I was told this had been tried once by King County Republicans and once "some people" saw the sign, they treated that road as their own private dump.
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just_a_car
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 04:46 am |
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Right Wing Wacko wrote: When I was doing work for my local districts republican party a few years back I suggested that we do an Adopt a Highway. I was told this had been tried once by King County Republicans and once "some people" saw the sign, they treated that road as their own private dump.
...and that's exactly what had crossed my mind.
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joeroket
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 05:30 am |
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At least you could take date stamped pics of it so if it did happen you could show that it was an intentional and illegal dumping.
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ghosthunter
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 05:43 am |
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| There is only one way to find out.
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 05:04 pm |
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The first post on this thread has been converted for information related to the litter clean up, dates / forms/ info.
I'm looking at our first pick date to be Aug 2nd, Everyone please look at their schedules. I'd like to have at least 10 folks when we pick.
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Gene Beasley
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 05:51 pm |
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On my current schedule, I can't do Saturdays. Sundays are okay, but weekdays would work better for me. Can we think about a mix of weekdays and weekends? Shift work makes it hard to commit to things that those who have weekends free can attend. I'm glad that I at least have Sunday off so I can make the monthly lunches.
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 06:23 pm |
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I just threw a date out there but if Sunday's work better for everyone or we can find a weekday that's great too. Whatever the date I just have to inform the coordinator before we can pick. This is to ensure there is no construction planned in the area or other issue that would prevent us from picking. It also alerts the WA State Patrol to roadside activity.
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