808 P.2d 726 | Or. Ct. App. | 1991
Defendant appeals his conviction for carrying a loaded firearm. Portland City Code § 14.32.010.
On August 7,1989, Multnomah County Deputy Sheriff Brown was in plain clothes and off duty when he went to breakfast at a Denny’s Restaurant in Portland. Brown saw defendant walk into the restaurant wearing a shoulder holster with a firearm in plain view. Brown called for uniformed officers to investigate, and two Portland Police Officers responded. When they entered the restaurant, they could see defendant wearing the gun. They approached defendant and asked him to place his hands on the table. He complied, and then the officers asked him if the gun was loaded. When he said that it was loaded, the officers arrested him.
The state does not dispute the trial court’s finding that defendant was “stopped” when he was asked to put his hands on the table. ORS 131.605(5).
Defendant argues that, because simply carrying an exposed weapon is not a crime and because he did not act in a threatening manner, there were no objective, observable facts to permit the officers to reasonably suspect that the gun was loaded. He contends that the officers improperly relied only on their instincts and experience in stopping him. See State v. Moya, 97 Or App 375, 378, 775 P2d 927 (1989).
Affirmed.
PCC § 14.32.010(c) provides:
“It is unlawful for any person on a public street or in a public place to carry a firearm upon his person, or in a vehicle under his control or in which he is an occupant, unless all ammunition has been removed from the chamber and from the cylinder, clip, or magazine.”
ORS 131.605(5) provides:
“A ‘stop’ is a temporary restraint of a person’s liberty by a peace officer lawfully present in any place.”