Posted: 8/24/2001 4:00:45 PM EDT
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Hey guys.I was wondering if you guys take your AR-15 rifles out when you camp/hike.Do people freak out when they see you walking down a trail with a "big,bad,black assualt rifle"? I plan to take mine out when I go later this year,when things cool down.Anybody here in Florida know of a good place to camp/hike,and are allowed to carry firearms? I'm in Orlando,for reference.Thanks! |
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I don't know about freaking out, but I sure haven't had a lot of people come up to me when I am shooting in a public area. Especially if you wear some type of camo like a field jacket. I would suspect that carrying your AR-15 around while at a public camping area would be frowned upon, if not illegal. You could probably carry it on a public hunting area in your state, but I would check with the wildlife department to be sure it is OK Unfortunately all it would take to start a "man hunt" for the "man with a black assault rifle" is one scared lady. |
| Despite the salt air (as stated by SilverSurfer) I've taken my AR out during a few hunting trips mostly in the early morning hours. During my last outing in Waianae Valley as I was hiking my way to the public hunting area a couple going for a morning walk with their dog came up from behind. My AR was slung over my back resting on top of my EAGLE 3 day pack. For some reason they stopped and turned around. Overly sensitive I suppose. |
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One of - strike that - the only good thing still left in California except for all the pretty women is the ability to carry while camping - except in federal parks. We camp 8-9 months a year in the high desert on BLM land and always load up. Camping is "code" for shooting all day long, great picnics, barbecue and sex outdoors. I understand that "assault rifles" are now forbidden on BLM land. |
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that's lame how "assualt rifles" are discriminated against.I mean,they are the most fun! yet these places seem to have no problems with "hunting/sportsman" rifles which shoot elephant/dinosaur cartriges.I mean,what's up with that.Hate crime! discrimination in one of it's many forms.... |