Rally in West Chester (Any Interest?)

[RightRock]

Warwick is a bit of a hike for me down by the Oxford area so I was thinking of passing on this, but then I checked the Chester County Parks Rules & Regulations.

Rules and Regulations

Took me about half an hour to find them, since they don't link from the actual park web page, but:

5. Trapping, hunting, and /or possession of firearms are not permitted, except under special conditions established by the Department. [Section 9]

and

19. Possession of fireworks and firearms is prohibited. Possession of a knife, hatchet or axe is prohibited unless present for an appropriate use while engaged in camping. [Sections 30 & 31]

So, anyone going to the park open carrying is risking violating the county's illegal park regulations and could be subject to up to a $300 fine.

This now has me more interested, however it might be worthwhile to wait until the court cases from the Erie rally earlier this year are concluded.

I'll be planning to communicate with the Chester County commissioners on their preemption violation later this week and see what they have to say.

Edit:Actually it looks like there are several previous threads on the forum about this issue all the way back to 2009

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/689...-firearms.html
http://forum.pafoa.org/chester-16/91...ation-ufa.html

[AR55645]

Count me in!!!!

[johnpsu]

Yes, the rules do say no firearms within the park. The parks rangers would have to choose to enforce the rule.

I can tell you that one of the rangers will not enforce it and the other probably wouldn't do anything either. There are not any local police in the township either.

[soccerdad]

If not a rally how about a open carry meet & greet????

I'd be up for both. Westtown resident. BTW...the sheep dogs rally at the corner of High and Market every Saturday morning.

[RightRock]

BTW...the sheep dogs rally at the corner of High and Market every Saturday morning.

I know I'm pretty new to the forum.....but you're gonna have to explain that one to me. Who, or what, are the sheep dogs?

Thanks.

[str8shooter]

If you're not familiar with the ChesCo, Warwick Park is no where near West Chester and is very secluded, so it wouldn't be a place where a gathering of gun owners would gain much attention if the intent is to foster better relations between responsible gun owners and those who think there's no need for the average citizen to carry one. A meet-n-greet there sounds like a great idea, but maybe it should be planned on a new thread.

[Gripsafety]

I know I'm pretty new to the forum.....but you're gonna have to explain that one to me. Who, or what, are the sheep dogs?

Thanks.

I'm pretty sure that these people are the ones out there every Saturday.

http://www.ccpeace.org/

There is also a group of patriots on the opposite corner. I don't know who they are.

[AR55645]

Avondale PA resident here good for opeb carry meet and greet

[RightRock]

I'm pretty sure that these people are the ones out there every Saturday.

http://www.ccpeace.org/

There is also a group of patriots on the opposite corner. I don't know who they are.

I may have to drive through WC this Saturday morning just to see. Any idea what time they all appear?

[Gripsafety]

I may have to drive through WC this Saturday morning just to see. Any idea what time they all appear?

They are there between 1100 and 1200 on Saturdays.

I just found out that the patriot group is the Sheepdogs.

http://americansheepdogs.com/