Man brings rifle and pistol into JC Penney

[alucard13mmfmj]

http://kdvr.com/2013/01/18/photos-ut...-into-jcpenny/

RIVERDALE, Utah – Facebook photos of a man armed with a rifle shopping at a Riverdale JCPenney have gone viral.

According to KTSU, Cindy Yorgason took the photos on Wednesday and posted them on her Facebook profile. They show a man in line at the store with a rifle slung across his back.

Weber Area Dispatch said a 22-year-old man names Joseph Kelley called them on Wednesday to let them know he was planning to carry his weapons in public. He told police he brought the assault rifle to the store to demonstrate that they are not dangerous in the hands of law-abiding citizens.

While openly carrying weapons is legal in Utah, many businesses have their own policies against it.

Store officials are now saying they’re looking into the incident. They haven’t released their official policy regarding guns in the store.


was carrying an unloaded rifle and a glock with extra magazines.

[presence]

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference -
they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"


-- George Washington



"Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone.
There were many others who felt the same way."

-- Rosa Parks

[Petar]

Seems needlessly provocative at this moment, but that's just my opinion.

[Danke]

...but that's just my opinion.

Correct.

[Michael Landon]

I am currently looking into the laws in Minnesota to see if I'm lawfully able to do the same.

- ML

[BSWPaulsen]

Provocative, but... Nothing happened. This is something that needs to be encouraged. Repeatedly. Until it is the norm.

[Petar]

Correct.

True.

[Danke]

I am currently looking into the laws in Minnesota to see if I'm lawfully able to do the same.

- ML

You need a permit to carry a pistol. Open or concealed.

Looks like open carry of long guns are prohibited.

http://smartgunlaws.org/open-carrying-policy-summary/

[Petar]

Provocative, but... Nothing happened. This is something that needs to be encouraged. Repeatedly. Until it is the norm.

Yeah, maybe you are right... maybe what we really need is a mass movement of publicly armed individuals...

[sailingaway]

It is legal, he even called ahead, yet police are looking into the 'incident'?

Where's the story?