Gawker via Baldr
An Oregon man taking advantage of the state's open carry laws had his new semiautomatic pistol stolen at gunpoint early Saturday morning, and apparently didn't put up a fight.
Gresham,
Ore., police say former gun owner William Coleman III was talking to his
cousin on the street around 2 a.m., openly displaying the Walther P22
he had purchased Friday.
According to the Oregonian, Coleman
told cops a 20-something man walked up to the two and asked for a
cigarette. When he noticed Coleman's gun, the stranger pulled his own
pistol from the waistband of his sweatpants.
"I like your gun, give it to me," Coleman says the robber told him. He complied, and the man walked away with the gun.
Open carry
is legal in Multnomah County with or without a concealed weapons
license, but even gun rights advocates think Coleman made a huge mistake
by flaunting his new firearm.
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