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How many can open carry?

kuhlewulfkuhlewulf Member Posts: 591 ✭✭✭✭
edited December 2003 in General Discussion
How many of you live in an open carry state? How many of you actually exercise your right to do so? Just curious.

James

Whats next? A ban on automatic transmissions?

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  • toolmaniamtoolmaniam Member Posts: 3,213
    edited November -1
    We can in Ohio and recently I participated in an Open Carry Walk to protest the unconstitutional law in Ohio prohibiting concealed carry.

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  • Chaser11Chaser11 Member Posts: 251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [;)] That is a right you don't advertise, you won't get alot of replies,its a personal choice best not made public. Do it legal and do silently, and do it like the master card commercial. [:D] [:D]

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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In this state (Colorado) there is an open carry law.
    If you are in a small town "hunting" some people carry openly, with no problems.
    But I would not suggest carrying open, in Denver, at this time.
    They WILL arrest you for it, just ask Rick Stanley.
    He openly defied a local (Denver) ordinance barring citizens from carrying open.

    The Colorado Constitution states,
    "The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property...shall be called in question."

    We will see when his case is heard on Jan 30.
    I just may have to go to Denver that day.
    Is it possible that one man CAN make a difference?

    P.S.
    I bent to the will of the "unconstitutional" lawmakers and obtained my CCW. NOT that I agree with the mandate that I have to have it, to carry. But to avoid the prosecution hassles, should the occasion ever arise, that I would have to use a firearm to protect myself. (or another) So to answer your question, NO, even with the open carry law here. I do not.


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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Kansas and NC are open carry states. I did not open carry in either state. Don't want or need the negative attention it would draw from the liberal dimocretins.


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  • TheguncounterkidTheguncounterkid Member Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I'm back home on the high desert, all the time. Local LEO's dont even blink. Once in a blue moon a State Bull will give you the once over.
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You'll be real suprised at how many states are open carry. Arizona, Ohio. Texas, Oregon, and the list goes on. You'll have to fish around a little to figure it all out but this site may help.
    www.packing.org

    edited for spelling.

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  • chunkstylechunkstyle Member Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In MN, anyone who has a permit to carry a pistol, has the right also to carry it openly. The permit is to carry, not to carry concealed. AFAIK, long guns are not regulated at all.

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  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toolmaniam
    We can in Ohio and recently I participated in an Open Carry Walk to protest the unconstitutional law in Ohio prohibiting concealed carry.


    I'm assuming thats a PROPOSED law.

    We sell the Plain Dealer at the gas station which I work at, and there was a picture on the front page with two guys in a restaurant with their exposed holstered pistols. It was about some gathering of like 70 people that were doing it.

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  • pack rat633pack rat633 Member Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here in Wyoming, its pretty common. But the "powere that be" suggest you unload your piece when in a vehicle!!

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  • longhunterlonghunter Member Posts: 3,242
    edited November -1
    As far as I know Maine is.......at least we all think it is,guns in the racks of pickups year round etc. I take a walk down the road(a mile or so) to go up into an old farm area to walk about and carry a sxs 12 with me,no one looks at me strange.....
  • love2shootlove2shoot Member Posts: 577 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Indiana can, with a permit, of course.
  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,541 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Must be concealed in SC. No gun outline in pockets, under jackets acceptable. Only can carry unconcealed while hunting
  • tr foxtr fox Member Posts: 13,856
    edited November -1
    As an example of how the government (city, state and federal) will find some way to deny citizens rights that are clearly granted to them. The MO and KS constitution cleary and with no confusing language give the citizens the right to carry openly. Now the average, straight thinking citizen would think of the state constitution as the ultimate "rule book" of rights and what citizens can and cannot do. However most of the cities in MO and KS has passed laws denying citizens the right to carry openly or even in their cars. Can someone explain to me how that can be right, honest or legal?

    When guns were invented everything changed. For the first time in the history of the world a frail woman had a chance to sucessfully defend herself and home. My dream is that one of the anti-gun nuts will need a gun for defense and be unable to have one because of their own actions.
  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    Unless somethings changed I can carry open tomorrow in VA! Rigster, 4-wheeler, Buffler, I may be calling you to bail me out but I think I can carry here!!!! GHD
  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    Yes you can,GHD,as far as know and read.

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  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am in Wyoming and its legal to carry without a permit if the firearm is not concealed. I always carry when I go up into the Bighorns hiking.
    My most carried weapon is a S&W Mountain revolver in 45 Colt.


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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,044 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was growing up in Ks. I always carried open when I was trapping and had a need. I also carried my pistol on my dash of my truck. In Ga., where I now live I had to get a ccw just to carry at all.

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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Far as I know, NH is fine with open carry; you only need a license to carry concealed or to have a *loaded* handgun in motor vehicle. I have a few times and every so often you see someone, usually a hunter, carrying in the open.
  • snowtiggersnowtigger Member Posts: 273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can carry open, or I can carry concealed. ALASKA!!

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  • knucklehead14knucklehead14 Member Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I`m in Ohio.
    I open carry when I go fishing.
    I have been talked to by game wardens while doing so,and the gun
    never entered the conversation.
    No problem there.
    I hear if ya generally open carry you can expect a disorderly or
    inducing panic charge even though the supreme court ruled open carry
    as being acceptable in Ohio.

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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Im in Pa! We can carry open or concealed as long as we have the permit to do so! Some establishments request that you do not carry open inside the store! Carrying any handgun in a federal building or on school property will land you in the slammer!!!

    Lot's of rednecks around here me included!! So you see lots of vehicles with rifles and shotguns hanging on the gun rack! One of the advantages of living off the beaten path I guess!!

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  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pabooger, I was under the impression that the PA carry permit only allowed for concealed carry? We were specifically told by the police dept in Philadelphia that if the firearm that was being carried was visible, then our permit would be revoked as it would cause a panic!


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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Open carry in PA is only permitted if you are in the act of hunting or fishing and you must either have a Sportsman Permit or a conceal permit to do so. Open carry in public is permitted if the gun is UNLOADED and again you must have a permit that states Protection or target or collection or hunting and fishing. You can own a handgun in PA but to leave your house with it you must have a permit with one of the many classifactions on it. Loaded carry for protection is CONCEALED only and if anybody even so much as gets a wiff of it and calls the law you can and most likely be charged with Brandishing A Weapon. Now this is state law as told to me right now by a cop friend of mine on the phone as I type this. Now whether or not a juristiction will press the charges or not is different but the laws are on the books to be used.

    I don't like open carry for any reason outside of hunting or fishing, just causes too much trouble. Funny though you can carry a gun in a rack all year long and nobody blinks but strap on a Dirty Harry and go for a walk downtown just once.............

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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    NM law allows open carry except in banks, courthouses, schools or bars.
    NM law also considers your car an extension of the home, so you can carry in a car, too.
    Had a Stater try to convince me that a concealed gun in my car was unlawful, I showed him the statute and asked him to read it carefully.
    Recruited another NRA member!

    Trouble is; the State (where I work) denies employees to carry anything (knives included) on State property, in the State Right-of-way, or in employees' PRIVATE vehicles that are parked on State property. My beef is: exactly WHEN do I become subject to the ban on my ride to work? The minute I leave my house? When I get on the freeway? When I reach the parking lot?
    Screw 'em! I always was a citizen prior to being an employee; therefore I don't leave home without (at least) one.

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  • jsergovicjsergovic Member Posts: 5,526
    edited November -1
    Just a side note before I review CA law to cover carry in a State Forest...

    My pocket knife has a locking blade, which I keep clipped into my front jeans pocket, is lawful. If my shirt or coat covers the "clip and area of frame which distinguishes the item as a knife", it is a concealed weapon OR is unlawful because it is a concealed knife with a locking blade exceeding "X" inches. I'm not sure which.

    This was pointed out to me by John Canaday, a Central Valley East DOJ Certified Gun Instructor.
  • chappsynychappsyny Member Posts: 3,381 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In NH, without a license you can carry openly or even concealed, provided the firearm isn't loaded. If you wanted to carry a pistol concealed without a license all you would have to do is carry it empty and have a loaded magazine in your other pocket. Can't carry concealed in a vehicle without a CCW. Gun racks are OK, provided you have a rediculous looking triger lock on it.

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  • fragmentsfragments Member Posts: 407 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In Vermont you can carry concealed or open and can have a loaded pistol, not a rifle, in the car. I've found it best not to advertise with all the flatlanders around now a days. Of course you can't carry in a bar, bank, P.O. Federal Blding etc. Some towns have adopted their own local ordanances against it, but when fought in court they usually loose!!
  • lrry491lrry491 Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    im in washington state here you cannot carry in the open but you can get a ccw permit and i carry almost all the time. i once had a link that gave the laws for each state but it as long since been lost. hey 7mm nut my little brother is going to be moving there for school was wondering if maybe you had a link to gun laws for your neck of the woods?

    larry
  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jeeze, the best I can do is in my own home [V]

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  • jl45jl45 Member Posts: 708 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Open carry has always been legal in KY. We just got the right to
    carry concealed (with a permit) a few years ago. I still carry
    openly on occasion, but my Colt is usually concealed.
  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • jsergovicjsergovic Member Posts: 5,526
    edited November -1
    At the eight hour course for CCW qualification, we were told not to show our CCW card to anyone but a peace officer, nor to tell anyone we had the card.

    Perhaps saying you have a CCW could be interpreted as a threat to another that you have a firearm concealed about your person.

    The law is written in CA in a manner inwhich the first offense of CCW without a permit is a misdemeaner as long as you do not have a knife with you also (don't have the exact description of the knife) Otherwise it is a felony. No more guns for you!
  • Night StalkerNight Stalker Member Posts: 11,967
    edited November -1
    I open carry, both pistol (M9) and long gun (SOFMOD M4), although... it is the streets of IRAQ, and you still draw attention from the locals. But, who cares.

    Will probably take a concerted effort on my behalf, after nearly two years of doing this stuff in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN, before I re-condition myself NOT to point loaded weapons at folks who are making me VERY nervous. Probably would not be as acceptable back home on the streets of Anytown USA.

    I guess we'll just have to remember to turn the switch back to the "off" position once we get home. hummmm?

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