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The law of necessity would be the best defense. You were in legal possession of the firearm and transporting it in the legal manner. Due to circumstances which required the protection of human life, you handled the firearm in a way that would otherwise be illegal - but were justified in doing...

I just read through this entire thread again and noted the comments and those who seemed to think that Jim Mapes did nothing wrong by carrying in the theater (marked as "for") and those who think that Jim Mapes should not have open carried in the theater (marked as "against"). Again "for" just...

And this is why there are such rifts and divisions in our group. Because you hold a particular opinion does not mean that others will hold it too, nor does it mean that it is correct just because you and some others hold that opinion. Nor is your opinion necessarily incorrect just because I...

I eliminated the middle man and voted 10 times no, 1 each for my friends and family members. That's honest, right?

Stop blaming the guns for the violence for a start....

Just because it doesn't work in Texas or California does not mean that it doesn't work in the majority of states. I can tell you what has worked in Washington. I get unlawfully removed from a restaurant by the police and the next weekend 10 or more armed customers and their families have a...

When an anti-gun group stands up and proclaims within hours of a mass shooting that we must pass gun control laws you won't find a single other anti-gunner pulling on their shirt tails telling them to be quiet and be considerate and let the dust settle first. But one guy goes about his normal...

The anti-gun groups have been very successful....maybe we should start using their tactics....but then we would have to stop being considerate and polite and we can't do that.

Why do we have to cater to the anti-gun group or lose? Why can't we stand together as the majority, stand up loud and proud, insist that our voice be heard, and vote? That is exactly what the anti-gun groups do to win and have most of the pro-gun community afraid of them. The difference...

Mr. Mapes wasn't making a point. He was doing what he normally does in his normal everyday life. And that is exactly why the anti-gun crowd is the vocal minority that the politicians listen too. We, as the pro-gun side, are too wrapped up in political correctness and "consideration" for...

If you will notice, Mr. Moderator, my post was in direct response to yours: The whole US for that matter was not and is not on red alert for people with guns in theaters. If I open carried in my local theater many times before, without anyone giving a rat's butt about it, why should I...

They should at least shave off their mustaches and beards out of consideration of others that might be disturbed by the legally worn mustache and beard.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/thornton-pays-25000-to-man-arrested-for-openly-carrying-firearm-into-cinnebarre-theater This article would suggest that it wasn't even theater management that called the police. I was eating dinner at a restaurant one night when an officer...

I open carry in the theater in my town at least once a month. Nobody bats eye. Maybe they are just used to seeing me and my gun.

I've open carried for years and the sheep that have bleated the loudest have been the conceal carry only people who can't resist the opportunity to tell me they carry their guns concealed and so should I.

Ahh...the "Don't do it because if you do do it then they will make it illegal to do it" argument! 'Tis better to live in the fear that the government will do something rather than living free until the government takes the freedom away and then it can be fought in court? I must disagree.

None of that has a single thing to do with showing my CPL and telling them about my gun or not. For example, my last traffic stop: Cruising in my convertible, top down, back road, cruise set at 52. Passed the sign dropping the speed limit to 40 before a curve right before a country store...

and if it is all that dang important to them whether or not I am carrying a firearm, all they have to do is ask. In my experience, it has not been important enough to them to ask.

I think another motivation for people notifying the officer is this: I carry my gun for self protection, and I carry my CPL because the government says I have to in order to carry in some circumstances. I won't use my CPL or offer to give up my gun to get out of the speeding ticket that I...

Exactly how does me telling the officer about my license and gun do ANYTHING to help that officer stay alive or get home at the end of the shift? I'm still waiting for the answer to that question. Again, my gun is not going to jump out of the holster on it's own and start shooting because I...