In Oregon, open carry of sidearms is legal and not unusual. Now whether folks have to register with local / county LE is
unknown to me without googling it. In the rural areas, which comprises 90% of the state, it is not unusual to see rifles
or shotguns on a rack inside a vehicle on public roads, in parking lots, etc. I imagine they must be unloaded though
unless on private land.
In Long Beach CA, I used to take my bow to the Olympic Archery range to target shoot. Had the bow hung on a rack.
LB city cop stopped me one day, checked my credentials, and told me the bow needed to cased/covered, and unstrung.
Anyone who has used a compound bow knows that constant stringing and unstringing it is hard on the arms of it,
resulting in it being unbalanced. I quit going there after that incident.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!