Open Carry gun activists kicked out of Los Angeles area restaurant
A dozen armed South Bay Open Carry gun activists were escorted out of a restaurant at the South Bay Galleria mall Saturday afternoon by a Redondo Beach policeman. Open Carry activists accused the officer of “rogue” behavior in singling out the group at the Red Robin restaurant and said he violated their Constitutional right to privacy by checking to see if their firearms were loaded. The officer, Sgt. Pete Grimm, said he was responding to a request from the restaurant and was simply following the law by checking their firearms. “What was it that I did that was rogue?” Grimm said. “For the record, the South Bay Galleria does not allow weapons on their property. It is private property…The management at the Red Robin did not want them in there, and they are not allowed to be on Galleria premises with firearms.” But Harley Green, president of South Bay Open Carry, said that he and his group have been at the mall previously while armed and have not encountered problems. He said this is the second time that Grimm has confronted them in the vicinity of the mall. “It’s very suspicious,” he said. “We were there before, many times, and had no problems. The only time it is a problem is when…
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