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Originally Posted by Kypt
Has anyone actually tried OC in Philly, or does everyone just assume that you will get pinched for some ridiculous crap if you try? I've been seriously considering OC downtown and have a hard time believing I'd be arrested.
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I personally witnessed a co-worker get harassed because he accidentally flashed his carry weapon (coming out of a secure facility where he basically 1. got gun back and then 2. shown the door). The cop let him know that had he not had a "clean record" that they'd have run him in for disorderly. I stood by and quietly called the lawyer and his wife while they had him in the back of the cruiser.
As an aside, that's two guys in sportcoats and overcoats coming out of a building in PHL known to have large data operations in the financial sector--not exactly thugkillers, either in appearance or (by a few blocks, anyway) neighborhood.
With that backdrop, there is no doubt for me personally that they (PHL PD) would not only run you in for disorderly or disturbing the peace, but certainly confiscate your weapon and if you are a Philadelphia resident, probably revoke your LTCF if they witnessed you OC.
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Maybe we should have our first PAFOA OC dinner party in a trendy place in downtown Philly. 
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I'm all for it, only because I'd specifically go out and buy a used Hi-Point C-9
and I'm not at all worried about having my LTCF revoked over it (we tend to think sane over on this end of the state once you get outside of the Allegheny County Courthouse).
As a practical matter, I don't think one could OC in PHL for any extended period of time without getting cited, arrested, and the firearm confiscated.