Posted on October 9, 2014

Open Carry Didn't Help This Man

By Penny Okamoto, Executive Director of Ceasefire Oregon

Guns don’t always make people safer. This article details how a Gresham man was robbed of his pistol at gunpoint while openly carrying his gun.

http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2014/10/gresham_man_robbed_o…

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