Is it legal to open-carry a dildo in public?

[rucky]

I have an idea, but I need to clear it with the experts first.

[Orrex]

1. If by "carry" you mean "drag with you through the election season," then you should ask Ms. Palin

She carried McCain through quite a stretch of it IIRC.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Planning on organizing a militant dildo rally? One thing's for sure

It would have the effect of drawing off a large number of media.

[yourout]

3. depends if it is loaded.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Battery or electric operated?

[SDuderstadt]

53. I think there should, at least, be solar powered ones...n/t

[MajorChode]

4. It depends on how you're carrying it I suppose

[Forkboy]

5. Not if it's the ones my friend had.

[ZombieHorde]

68. Do tell,

:D

[Subdivisions]

6. Please practice responsible

battery disposal.

[KittyWampus]

7. Dildos, yes. Dildo mallets, no.

[Poll_Blind]

8. I carry one openly, the other concealed. (wink + rimshot)

I am the veal.

PB

[DJ13]

9. I keep mine on a gun rack in the back window of my truck

[Skittles]

10. scheduling all these responders for ass-kickings

for thinking they are some kind of "dildo experts" - I mean, W.T.F.

[Orrex]

11. I'm sure that some of them have studied dildos long and hard

And every kind in between.

[Skittles]

28. ORREX INCLUDED

EGREGIOUS

[madinmaryland]

29. Some of these "dildo experts" may actually enjoy an ass kicking!

:hide:

[krispos42]

67. I don't think ass-kicking is the recommended method for proper placement of the product

But I guess soem people just need more help than others.

[rucky]

12. Hey, get me out of the Loungeon! There's a point to this!

[DJ13]

16. There's a point to this!

That might hurt!

[Ian David]

19. Put a link to this thread in the Activism forum. n/t

[Ian David]

13. Kanamara Matsuri

Kanamara Matsuri
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus, is an annual Shinto fertility festival held in Kawasaki, Japan in spring. The exact dates vary: the main festivities fall on the first Sunday in April. The penis forms the central theme of the event that is reflected everywhere—in illustrations, candy, carved vegetables, decorations, and a mikoshi parade.

The Kanamara Matsuri is centered around a local penis-venerating shrine once popular among prostitutes who wished to pray for protection against sexually transmitted diseases. It is said that there are divine protections also in business prosperity and the clan's prosperity, easy delivery, marriage, and married couple harmony. There is also a legend of a sharp-toothed demon that hid inside the vagina of a young girl and castrated two young men on their wedding nights (vagina dentata). As a result, the young girl sought help with a blacksmith, who fashioned an iron phallus to break the demon's teeth, leading to the enshrinement of the item.

Today, the festival has become somewhat of a tourist attraction and is used to raise money for HIV research

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamara_Matsuri

Images not safe for work: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&q=Kanamara%20Matsuri&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[Cleita]

37. You are referring to some heathen practices there.

Things that worshippers of Aryan-Jesus would never approve of.

[Chulanowa]

66. Somehow I doubt that Drunken Bitter Jesus would like it, either

Jihad Jesus, though...

[Matariki]

89. Oh cool. That's what my friends have been up to at the nearby Shinto Shrine!

Maybe I *will* join them tomorrow...

[Cleita]

14. Is it loaded with ordnance? n/t

[Orrex]

18. The ordinance is exactly what he's asking about.

Oh, wait a minute...

[rug]

15. Concealed dildos is preferable.

[Ian David]

17. Sweet zombie Jesus, mods! I just posted this to Twitter and then you moved the thread...

... to the fucking LOUNGE???

This belongs in either the Activist forum or the Gun Forum, but not the fucking LOUNGE.

Give me a fucking break.

With all due respect.

[Orrex]

20. They'll have to pry your dildo out of your cold, dead hands.

[sfwriter]

55. WTF... They act like the MPAA ratings board...

ugh... Did the scary dildo frighten you?

[bluesbassman]

21. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane...

Since 9/11 when everyone got so damn sensitive. Thanks a lot Bin Laden!

[Orrex]

22. Even in the cockpit?

[MajorChode]

26. Nothing quite like joining the mile high club solo

[LiberalFighter]

24. Does it have a condom?

[LiberalFighter]

25. Seriously... it probably depends on your state.

And what you are doing with it while in public.

Are you going to have a dress on it? Lipstick?

Maybe if you adopt it they will be thrown off.

[rucky]

36. Suppose I just want to carry it in a holster.

In, say, Washington DC. On April 19th, for example.

[LiberalFighter]

39. All I can say is check the state law

Maybe they won't do anything if you put a condom on it. Or disguise it.

[RexDart]

69. Now I get it.

At first I though you were thinking of taking it to your local Starbucks.

[Warpy]

27. It's probably not a great idea in parts of Dixie where sex toys are illegal

and bullnecked cops are eager to preserve the sweet flower of southern womanhood from ever glimpsing anything like a penis.

Truck Nutz are just fine though, and the bullnecked cops probably have them on their own pickup trucks. Go figure.

[Ian David]

33. Good point about the trucknuts. If trucknuts are legal to display, why not dildos? n/t

[Beartracks]

88. The nuts swinging off the back hitch...

... effectively turn the whole truck into a dildo. :D

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[Lasher]

30. I saw a guy doing that on South Street in Philadelphia one night.

It was Halloween and he was wearing a raincoat. He was stopping cars and shaking the dildo at motorists. I think that's all I'll share about that particular night.

[lonestarnot]

77. That shiverlipped smiley is too cute.

[Ian David]

31. You know, if it WERE legal, there would be so many things you could do with this.

If you were to protest against the TeaKlan or a Conservative by waving dildos around, you might render video footage of the even unbroadcastable.

Sure, they can blur it out.

But who would want to watch that?

See also:

Garry Kasparov Griefed by Flying Penis (NSFW)
http://waxy.org/2008/05/garry_kasparov_griefed_by_flying_penis/

[Dr. Strange]

32. I haven't heard much about this. What's the buzz?

[rucky]

38. well, there's all the stuff going on at the Starbucks

and there's this... http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com/

maybe it's time to fight phallus with phallus?

[Dr. Strange]

40. I hate people who open carry their dildos Starbucks.

They send off a nasty vibe.

[xchrom]

34. Just imagine -- xchrom loaded down with open carry dildos!

No wonder I've been to jail so often.

[Generic Brad]

35. Only if it doubles as a gun

[Orrex]

41. I can't keep track of these dildos if they're going to keep bouncing around DU like this

[rucky]

42. First it's in, then it's out - now it's back in.

General Discussion

[flvegan]

43. Dildo thread moved from the Lounge to GD????

I have seen it all now. Yes!!

[Incitatus]

44. As long as you're not using it in public, I think you're okay. nt

[EFerrari]

47. I watched a doc about women's sex toys and there was a segment

about a lady in a TX town who was arrested for having more than three dildos in her home. So, check your local laws! :)

[omega minimo]

45. Is it legal to open-carry a dickhead on DU?

:puke:

what is this, just another exercise in bullshit dominant assholeness?

[bridgit]

46. It sounds as though the 'act' may prove a disruption to proceedings...

Unless that is your intent. Perhaps if you were at liberty to provide info as to its apllied theatrical value, its relevance to your public exhibition

[rucky]

50. I just want to exercise my right to carry one.

Openly. In public. I don't plan on using it, so it shouldn't make people feel uncomfortable or anything that I'm just exercising my rights. Right?

[bridgit]

51. Oh I hear you...will you carry *it* in a holster? Or mightn't you, ahem, brandish it at some point?

:blush:

[Touchdown]

48. You can't have a dildo in Texas!

You can't have an electronic phallus for every housewife up in Dallas, and you you'll have no probes for every asshole in El Paso.

We don't touch ourselves down there, round here! Ya' Hear? And it says in the Bible, that you just might be liable for a prison term of 27 years!

[troubledamerican]

86. Yes it is

http://billandkent.com/blog/2004/01/texas-antimaritalaid-law.html

[Subdivisions]

49. I had a reply on this same question in another thread that is now missing. What

happened to that thread?

[SDuderstadt]

52. I think it's "concealed carry" only....

that means you have to....er, you know.

[Fuzz]

54. What kind of clip you have on that?

The non-replicas hold millions of shells.

[Ernesto]

56. Good shit stirring! nt

[Greyhound]

57. In some states it's not even legal to own one, so where do you intend to carry? n/t

[Kablooie]

58. A rubber one, yes. A flesh and blood one, questionable.

[chill_wind]

59. It could back-fire on you, ya know.

You could end up making friends and influencing enemies - like the Huteree Militia Cinema Troupe

(to think, just yesterday this all seemed so terribly taboo on DU GD):

Dildo mallets! Punishing dildo mallets!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8067831#8072217

[Cronus Protagonist]

60. Sarah Palin has a new baby called "Dildo" now???

OMG!! That woman has no shame!

[rufus dog]

61. I suggest you consult with Laura Bush

and if no one came up with this line in 60 responses, shame on DU

[Solly Mack]

62. Don't tase me, bro.

[chill_wind]

65. LOL! :-)

[global1]

63. You Would Make The Heads Blow Off Of The Repugs/Conservatives......

They can carry guns to a rally/demonstration and they think its perfectly alright - but - if there was a rally/demonstration of people openly carrying dildos - their heads would spin. They would find it objectionable. They'd make all kinds of noise about that. What a point that would make. What's more objectionable - a gun that kills or a dildo that satisfies? WOW!!! If that is what your idea is - I say run with it. If you find out it's not legal and get arrested - you'd get more than 15 minutes of fame. You'd be on all the interview shows. You'd be a hero. I hope that was what your idea was. A Million Dildo March!!!!!!

Those extremist religious fanatics - you know the ones that carry guns to rallies - couldn't cope with an open display of dildos.

I say run with it.

[nosmokes]

64. Genius!

FSM knows the open carry nut-jobs look like dildoes when they show up carrying their AR-15s to a political rally. A counter rally of folks carrying sex toys would be beautiful.

[nilram]

70. Planning a trip to Starbucks?

[howard112211]

71. Should be by the first ammendment.

[MilesColtrane]

72. Wait a minute.

Just to be clear...this was moved FROM the Lounge TO GD?

Who says the Mods don't have a sense of humor?

[Orrex]

73. It went from GD to the Lounge and back to GD!

Love it!

[Change Happens]

74. Yes it is.............nt

[Silent3]

75. In Japan, it's not just legal, one day every year it's practically required.

http://gakuranman.com/japanese-penis-festival/

[lxlxlxl]

76. i know a loaded bong definitely isnt

x.x.x.

[tomm2thumbs]

78. you aren't referring to 'the Double Intruder' by chance, are you?

that might put you in double jeopardy with the law

[rpannier]

79. As long as you're on your way to an RNC fundraiser the answser is yes

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80. You should probably post a picture of the device...

you intend to carry.

It would make it much easier to make a judgment call.

[8 track mind]

81. i dont have the slightest idea, but that would be fucking hillarious

to show up to a 2nd amendment rally with about 60 dildos. Have scopes mounted to them, paint them camouflage etc.

[Paladin]

82. I Approve Of Your Idea Already. Nice Thinking. (n/t)

[MattBaggins]

83. If you steal my idea you better credit me

[rucky]

90. Holy crap - I just searched DU

"MattBaggins dildo"

I didn't even read that thread. Great minds...

[Turbineguy]

84. I read it in the Constitution somewhere:

"A satiated populace being necessary for the security of the State, the right to bear dildos shall not be infringed upon."

OK, maybe I saw it on fox News.

[uppityperson]

85. Pilots are finally exempt from declaring they are dildo users though

Those with limited mentality proclaim they want said pilots to declare their status so passengers can chose to fly with them or not. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011511249_pilots03.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

87. Only if it's not sawed off or set on automatic.

[mainer]

91. I believe it used to be illegal in Texas. Honestly.

Where it was legal to open-carry a loaded gun.

I think the law has since been changed about dildos.

[high_and_mighty]

97. Its not legal to open carry a firearm in Texas. N/T

[mainer]

92. more on the dildo law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_obscenity_statute

[eppur_se_muova]

93. As long as it's not fully automatic. nt

[TalkingDog]

94. Drilldo

One of my husband's sculpture students came into class one evening dressed in a raincoat and hat, hand inside the coat he "flashes" everybody and whips out his drilldo. Rubber dildo, attached to a battery operated drill. It was hilarious.

[Stinky The Clown]

95. As long as it doesn't get off ....

..... er .... uh ..... go off.

[BlooInBloo]

96. They're illegal in the south, aren't they?