Open carry..part of the problem is Police actually responding...

[Vern Humphrey]

P.S. If you were born before '58, I'll come up with another label. But I still gotta take you in. You, you,... Public Disturbance you!

I was born in '41, and if yez lay yer paws on me, yez Amadan, I'll give yez a crack wid' me shellaigh that ye'll remember til yer dyin' day!

 

[IME]

You know.. why doesn't the NRA have a campaign to inform the police AND the public? [ where it is legal to openly carry. ]

So you'd rather have the NRA spend money in a place that, for all intents and purposes, the 2A war is won rather than spend it in places where it's not?

If you live somewhere open carry is legal you're ahead of 99% of the country.
You really want NRA spending money THERE?

Just because gains are made does not mean that they are secure.

This is an unsettled time concerning second amendment rights in the eyes of the population at large. While they hear gun horror stories ad nauseum from the media and some politicians, the stories about responsible gun ownership are few and far between.

It would probably be a healthy thing for the NRA and other like minded organizations to spend money in a concerted effort to solidify and protect the gains made in open carry states. If the "fear factor" can be diminished or eliminated in the population at large, the antis will find manipulation of public opinion to be much more difficult. What I fear is that, while we are fighting battles on one front, we are ignoring dangerous signs on other fronts.

While I live in an open carry state, if I am cowed into not enjoying that right by police and public pressure, the right is worthless to me. If enough open carry folks are cowed into thinking the same way, then the statute recognizing the right is rendered meaningless. The folks in the legislature have a way of dealing with meaningless, out of date statutes -- they repeal them.

 

[ProguninTN]

Open Carry and Law Enforcement

If they are going to play CYA, it is in our best interest to make it an educational experience for the police. Eddie Haskell up, let them see that you are committing no crime. Letters to the editor, talk with your police chief, Sheriff, etc. Dress up, shave, look like a upstanding citizen.

I support open carry, and I think El Tejon makes a good point. Do be cordial if LE gets called. I also agree with coloradokevin that LEO's should check and make sure that there is not a crime. (Just because they respond does not necessarily mean that they will be hostile.) I also work in Law Enforcement and have had calls that turned out to be false alarms. However, with the information received from the callers, we could not make that determination without responding.

 

[The Unknown User]

"Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. 1981)."

TexasRifleman, what significance does the alphanumeric characters following the Supreme Court case mean?

 

[IME]

The case is found on page one of the 444th volume of the Atlantic Reporter 2d edition. It reports a 1981 decision out of the appellate court sitting in the District of Columbia.

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