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...On the other hand, subjecting the OC right to a standard, such as one who seeks a confrontation has no basis for complaint , illustrates a fallacy of special pleading where there is resistence to applying it as an actual standard...
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However, it looks like the Sixth Circuit would disagree with you (and agree with me). See
Embody v. Ward (Sixth Circuit, No. 11-5963, August 30, 2012), at pg 5:
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...Having worked hard to appear suspicious in an armed-and-loaded visit to the park, Embody cannot cry foul after park rangers, to say nothing of passers-by, took the bait....
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...POs, people, openly carry and it doesn't cause panic. It is an ordinary sight...
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Police officers wear uniforms or display badges and are well known and expected by the public to be armed.
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...People of a certain age will remember kids riding the bus in NYC with a .22 on the shoulder on their way to school....
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That was then, and this is now.