Wow, a lot of Oregonians here.
Oregon CHL holders need to be careful if they also get a WA one or when they use their reciprocal priviledge in ID because both of these states prohibit concealed handguns in establishments with Class C liquor licenses. This is an establishment that makes its primary profit from the sale of liquor by the drink, i.e. bars. Now, some establishments have a Class B lincense which is an establishment that sells liquor by the drink but does not make more than some percent of its profit from those sales (restaurants that also serve cocktails, for example). Notice that many establishments that appear to be one establishment are legally two. "Bob's Restaurant and Lounge," where the restaurant has a B and the Lounge has a C. If they combined the two businesses together, the total profit from liquor sales would put them over the limit for a B. But, minors can not enter an establishment with a C, so families could not come and have dinner if they had a C. So, they separate the two businesses even though they may very much in the same building. This is a pitfall for a CHL holder when you go to have dinner in the restaurant which has a B and, therefore, you can bring your gun into, but they say, "It'll be a few minutes for your table. Would you like to wait in the lounge?" Remember, the lounge is a C and you and your gun can't go in there even though it seems like part of the same establishment. In Oregun, we don't have these rules, so we don't have to worry about it, but in both WA and ID, they do.
Oregun permits overt carry of automatic knives. Washington does not even permit ownership of them. Idaho allows ownership but not carry (overt or concealed). Oregon permits overt carry of balisongs. Washington and Idaho permit ownership, but not carry.
All in all, though, this is a great corner of the country since your Oregon CHL is recognized in ID and WA will issue a WA CHL with very little extra effort. In all three states, though, it is a concealed handgun/pistol permit and applies only to firearms supported with the hand(s) when fired. So, a pistol-grip shotgun is ok as long as you can keep it concealed, but nothing with a stock.
Oregun has a very liberal definition of "not concealed". Basically if any part of the knife is showing or if it is carried in something that is obviously a knife sheath (the sheath itself being not concealed) carried in a conventional manner (on your belt), then your knife is not concealed.
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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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