Dear Members, we have added a policy page for carrying guns on BTH Outings. The policy can be viewed at http://www.meetup.com/Boise-Trail-Heads/pages/Gun_Policy/ I've inserted the text of the page for all to read. Thanks in advance for following the policy. All members of the Boise Trail Heads (BTH) have rights. It is the right of this organization to specify certain practices to maintain the rights of those members. Those rights will not violate the law. Those rights may be more stringent than the law.Carrying Firearms on BTH events will only be permitted in certain circumstances. A permitted example may be where a camping trip is scheduled in an area where predatory animals could pose a threat to the group. However the following conditions must be met.The host on any event must specify if firearms will be allowed when they first post the event. This must be in Bold Red lettering at the start of the event description so that every member signing on to that event is aware that guns will be allowed.If the host has done this, all gun carrying attendees must post that they will be carrying a gun at the time they RSVP. It is BTH policy that every person on that event is allowed to be aware of who is carrying a gun.Only legally owned guns, properly and safely handled are permitted. All gun safety handling procedures must be exercised.The host may identify the gun carrying member(s) at the beginning of the event if any person attending wishes to know who is carrying a gun. The gun carrying member may wish to do this on their own as a show of good faith.This holds true even if you have a concealed weapons permit and do not intend to show the firearm. If you carry a concealed weapon, you must be able to produce for inspection your permit to any and all members if requested to do so.If you do not have a concealed weapons permit, you must display your firearm in plain view at all times, even in your vehicle.Never assume that it is okay to carry a gun on any BTH activity with disregard for members or BTH policy. Violators may be asked to depart from an event, or even be asked to leave the BTH depending on the severity of the infraction to its policy.Justifications:1. These are not hunting events. As such, weapons carried with the intention of hunting are not an appropriate action for the event.2. Low risk. Large groups ward off predators (whether 4 legged or 2) in Idaho. Traveling in daylight in areas that are only as remote as day trips allow further reduced risks of unsafe engagement. Based on rules of escalation of force, this low risk threshold primarily calls for avoidance of hazards (i.e. walk around a snake) to minimal force (i.e. pepper spray a strange dog if it is considered "vicious" and cannot be avoided).3. Respect. There are group members that are not comfortable with open carry, some who support it, and some who are neutral. In measuring the overall lack of need for open carry in this situation and respecting everyone's rights and comfort level, attending event members should respect the group at large and not carry open firearms at this type of event.
I think you should show up and let him know you are carrying then hike with them anyway. He cant keep you from doing shit.
Evergreen,How did the subject of guns even come up? Did you mention that you like to carry a firearm when hiking or was the email an all-inclusive "Do s & Don't s" of the group? Just curious...FWIW, No one has the "right" to know you are carrying concealed, the exception being a LEO.
It is sad that in hipster-liberal Portland I was never questioned by any of the people if I was concealing when we were hiking, but in freedom-loving Boise, I am told I am not allowed to bring my gun on hikes. It is the irony of it all. I pack a 44 mag on my chest and my 9mm in my backpack and there is just no way I will hike without them. I've done a great job concealing my 44mag in the past, but considering the paranoid gun-haters who may be in the group, they may demand me to do something stupid like open my vest and prove I am not packing or something. That would ruin my day and I couldn't live with that.
One way to shut this yahoo up would be to have 20 BS members show up for a hike, all open-carrying the largest hand gun you own. When he says something, we can all smile and say we're just following his rules.Do that for 3 or 4 hikes and I bet this group goes underground...
I am up for some hiking. Need to get back into shape. Let me know.
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