Exactly. Fvcking annoying. The only reason for him wearing a rifle like he did was to start shit. You don't carry a long rifle on your back for self defense, and he sure wasn't going out hunting.
You don't understand. For decades, when you carried a handgun openly the result in the same, even though the Michigan Supreme Court (and opinion of the Attorney General) decades ago noted the state constitution protects open carry throughout Michigan in any public areas, with certain exceptions with restricted access (court buildings, schools, and the like). Cops would come and harass you, try to tell you its against the law to open carry, or arrest you for 'disturbing the peace', 'inciting a panic', or whatever else they can arrest you for. They have even arrested people for having a "concealed" weapon just because the bottom of their shirt or jacket was covering 1/2" of the butt or grip of the gun, even though the rest of it was plainly exposed and visible. IIRC, there was one case where a guy was arrested for having a "concealed" weapon, because the gun was in a HOLSTER. i.e. the holster was 'concealing' the officer's plain view of the weapon.
It gets dismissed, convictions overturned, or prosecutors decline to prosecute, but you need to hire an attorney (if you're not savvy enough to handle your own case) and months of your life are spent fighting it. And then there have been cases where a person's firearm "went missing" while in the possession of the cops, even though they are REQUIRED to return it upon dismissal of any charges (or prosecutor declines to file charges), and you have provided sufficient proof the firearm was lawfully owned and registered. In other cases, the firearm was returned damaged. Then you have to sue the police to reimburse you for the cost of either the firearm or to repair the damage someone did.
A number of jurisdictions/agencies have been very tolerant of it, but many more have a long history of the aforementioned behavior, where they feel they can do whatever they want. Well now many of them are getting the message that they CANNOT do whatever they want. Courts have come down against them for it, thanks to people like this who go out and DARED to exercise their rights.
Why are you comparing a constitutionally guaranteed right and a privilege? I would certainly not expect them to work the same way as they are not viewed the same way under US (and especially Michigan) law
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