Utah - Arrested for openly carrying his "assault rifle" to the mall

[RamboLiberal]

OREM -- Orem City prosecutors filed disorderly conduct charges Thursday against the man who was seen carrying an assault rifle in front of University Mall last Saturday.

Police also released dash camera video of the incident.

In the video a police officer confronts 51-year-old Philip Taylor, yelling, "Keep your hands where I can see them."

Taylor is heard replying, "Utah is open carry, officer."

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=14078120

The charge is an infraction. It is punishable by up to $750 in fines and does not carry the possibility of jail or prison.

Police responded about 9:40 a.m. on Jan. 15 to the south side of the mall, near Nordstrom, after several people reported a man carrying guns at 1600 South and 800 East.

An officer found Taylor, 51, with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun, Orem police Sgt. Craig Martinez said. The officer drew his own gun and ordered Taylor to put his weapons down and his hands up, which he did, Martinez said. Taylor told police that Utah was an "open carry" state, which allows people to carry guns in public as long as they are unloaded. Taylor’s were not loaded.

Taylor was handcuffed and his guns were temporarily confiscated while the officer searched him for other weapons, Martinez said. Mall security then requested he be escorted off the property for trespassing.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51091487-76/taylor-guns-martinez-police.html.csp

IMHO this guy is a doofus. Remember the name in case President Obama is ever in Utah. See if he shows up outside carrying his rifle & handgun.