Open Carry

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by masraum

and realizing after he'd just come out of a bank branch that he'd been open carrying the whole time. He'd forgotten and no one had looked twice or said a word. He's a short guy that wears a white cowboy hat. He's assuming anyone that noticed just thought that he was a cop or something.

Its about the same way where I am here in Arizona. Lots of pickup trucks (and they are working trucks, not this lifted crap for boys), even folks on horses and many of them have something on their hip.

No one even looks at them anymore, its common-place around here and am glad to see it.

[island911]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

Meh. I think its probably best people don't open carry. It could scare people, and there's the risk that a kid/nut jobs could reach for the gun.

Think of the children?




Whoa . ..

I can't believe they let kids just carry those things out in the open.

Looks like that kid knows how to swing it too!

GASP!

[island911]

I suppose there is always the risk of some 320_lb "gentle giant" "kid" reaching for a cop's gun too.

No open carry for cops!

[island911]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Rick, that is a Class A Misdemeanor, unless in an establishment that sell alcohol.

Seriously, how do kids play baseball? Or is a bat not a club?

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by targa911S

Same here in PA.

Yes, except even the cops don't understand it and the public finds it unnecessarily provocative. And carry in a car is deemed concealed, not open.

[targa911S]

I generally don't open carry. Only in the shop and it's in yer face. I call it my don't F*** with me gun. I think yer just asking for trouble from the public and LEOs to carry openly. I have had my 1911 in my shoulder holster spotted on occasion when my jacket was open enough. Nobody seemed to think anything about it. If I'm at the shop and I have to run on an errand i leave my gun there but keep my holster on in the summer. I have had people say '''Hey you forgot something" But then this is for the most part a rural community. Firearms are pretty commonplace. I still wouldn't open carry...just asking for controversy, not worth the hassle. I believe too that here if you have a CWP you must carry concealed..

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by greglepore

And carry in a car is deemed concealed, not open.

Not exactly, You can have a firearm in your glovebox under the seat, what everand as long as you inform the officer as soon as he gets to the window you have not concealed anything from them. At least that is how it works around here. I always just make sure it is on the seat, problem solved

[Red88Carrera]

Originally Posted by targa911S

I generally don't open carry. Only in the shop and it's in yer face. I call it my don't F*** with me gun. I think yer just asking for trouble from the public and LEOs to carry openly. I have had my 1911 in my shoulder holster spotted on occasion when my jacket was open enough. Nobody seemed to think anything about it. If I'm at the shop and I have to run on an errand i leave my gun there but keep my holster on in the summer. I have had people say '''Hey you forgot something" But then this is for the most part a rural community. Firearms are pretty commonplace. I still wouldn't open carry...just asking for controversy, not worth the hassle. I believe too that here if you have a CWP you must carry concealed..

No open carry in the Awesome State of New York!
Even if it was available, I agree with targa, you're just asking for trouble.
I have a permit for concealed carry. I wouldn't carry any other way.

[Red88Carrera]

Originally Posted by Rick V

Not exactly, You can have a firearm in your glovebox under the seat, what everand as long as you inform the officer as soon as he gets to the window you have not concealed anything from them. At least that is how it works around here. I always just make sure it is on the seat, problem solved

Carrying in a vehicle is concealed carry. It is allowed in NY with a CCW permit. Open carry is not. Logic then tells us that carrying in a vehicle must not be open carry.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I would fear the police over reacting to an open-carry situation more than regular people. A couple of times a year we have someone arrested because the police do not understand that open carry of a rifle is legal in Texas. Usually ends badly for the police departments and cities, once the person lawyers up.

I had this discussion with a cop friend a while back. He said they periodically get 911 calls about "man with a gun". If there's no threat, no brandishing, just a gun in a holster - they don't even send an officer. If a store owner calls they simply ask the gun owner to leave.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by island911

Seriously, how do kids play baseball? Or is a bat not a club?

It's not just a club. I can tell by the expression on his face he is threatening the other kids in his class. Not just the kids; the teacher too. Quick send armed police officers.

[ZOA NOM]

Originally Posted by dyount

Now this whole 2nd amendment thing.... Although in my opinion you have every right to protect your home from invasion it does not (again opinion) give anyone the right to carry a firearm.

The 2nd makes no reference to location. Particularly, the word "bear" implies you are not at home. "Keep" them at home, "bear" them outside. You have the right, as a human, to protect yourself. Anywhere. The 2nd is supposed to prevent your government from infringing on that right. Nowadays, it seems to be more likely that you'll need it away from home rather than at home.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by ZOA NOM

...Nowadays, it seems to be more likely that you'll need it away from home rather than at home.

In New Jersey, the gun laws are so narrow that I can really only keep and bear arms in the confines of my own home. Of course this makes sense, since in New Jersey, violent crimes ONLY happen in my own home, and nowhere else...

-Z