WHEELING - Two Ohio County men are challenging what they claim is a campaign of harassment by Wheeling police against citizens lawfully carrying firearms in the Friendly City.
According the suit, Jewell, like Kotson, admitted while the open-carry of a firearm was legal in West Virginia, "'The mere carrying of a gun is suspicious and thus grounds for the stop.'" He added, "'The police can stop any person with a weapon at any time and run their name and the gun's numbers."
In the course of the conservation, Keith alleges Matheny added that "'until a court directs me otherwise,
will be the policy of the Wheeling Police Department' to stop, detain, disarm and question any individual who openly carries a handgun."
http://wvrecord.com/news/236624-suit-seeks-to-halt-harassment-of-citizens-carrying-firearms-in-wheeling
Please go read the whole article. Aside from the outrageous position of the police, that legal activity gives rise to P.C., there is also some very disturbing unsafe gun handling on the part of the police.
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