Insane Kangaroo's Open Carry log

[gunperson003]

I seen someone else's log and thought it was a good idea. I'm going this mainly because if I post only the negative eventful encounters people may see the posts in bad light as trying to create a bad encounter.

Please use the following thread to make comments so this threaded log doesn't get filled with comments from other people.

http://www.pafoa.org/forum/support-s...plication.html

[gunperson003]

July 7 2008:

What I was wearing: Wrangler shorts, Wrangler short sleeve shirt, hiking boots, Yaesu VX-7X, Springfield XD .45 Compact, black plastic mag holder with extr full 10rd mag, and my black duty belt. Yaesu VX-7R listening to both PGH PD1 and PGH PD2. They were the most active channels and would keep me interested while walking.

1. Open carried on foot from Quality Inn located at 700 Mansfield Ave to Giant Eagle located at Mckinney Ln. - Total walking distance - 1.7 + 2.3(made wrong turn back) miles - Uneventful
   
2. Giant Eagle -
   
   • Shopped for groceries
   • No negative encounters
   • One weird reaction - One black guy who is an employee had a surprised shock reaction up on close proximity, "Whoah! Sorry!". I had my usual face on but I did attempt to smile before he seen my firearm, maybe I scared him with my smile...

Log notes: about 7 different cop cars passed me, one which passed me on McKinney Ln and drove back 2 minutes later to later check me with his eyes at the stop light. I had a backpack stuffed full of frozen pizza, orange juice, and several bottles of water hanging in the mesh netting. Completely uneventful.

Other notes: the water tasted so much better followed by the decent pizza.

[djturnz]

I hope you aren't listening to the scanner while walking, especially with headphones. That would most definately dull your situational awareness. This is especially bad when OCing. You wouldn't want to prove the nay-sayers correct about having your gun taken.

[gunperson003]

I hope you aren't listening to the scanner while walking, especially with headphones. That would most definately dull your situational awareness. This is especially bad when OCing. You wouldn't want to prove the nay-sayers correct about having your gun taken.

I do listen to my radio while OCing, I've a mic clipped to the top of my shirt. At no time does the radio interfere with my SA, but I must mention that my GPS does. The GPS unit, when I need to look where I'm going, isn't always clear which way I should be heading when there are multiple roads and a lack of clearly visible road signs.

[VMJade]

I do listen to my radio while OCing, I've a mic clipped to the top of my shirt. At no time does the radio interfere with my SA, but I must mention that my GPS does. The GPS unit, when I need to look where I'm going, isn't always clear which way I should be heading when there are multiple roads and a lack of clearly visible road signs.

Scanner, GPS, OC....yeah, I think they probably take you for a cop.

Hell, I might.

[gunperson003]

Scanner, GPS, OC....yeah, I think they probably take you for a cop.

Hell, I might.

The radio is not a scanner, it's a amateur hand-held. I could transmit on the other channels which are not the amateur bands, but only because the radio is modified. I'm 99.9% sure it would be illegal to transmit on the public safety channels.

http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd...5&isArchived=0

Currently yes, I'm mostly using it as a scanner since I've no license to transmit on the amateur bands. There is the possibility to using the frequencies which are unlicensed for general use.

[str8shooter]

.....- Total walking distance - 1.7 + 2.3(made wrong turn back) miles - Uneventful....

I think you need a new GPS.

[Emptymag]

So you're in Pittsburgh still?

I'll have to watch the local news more frequently.

[soberbyker]

So you're in Pittsburgh still?

I'll have to watch the local news more frequently.

Tape it for me, I'll be in Pitt this weekend, thanks to a whole bunch of generous folks here in the good ole PAFOA ...