On open carry
Via Uncle.
There are two basic modes of carrying a pistol. Concealed carry, as the name implies, requires that your pistol be concealed. In most states it requires a license, the notable exceptions being Vermont and Alaska. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action has a fact sheet here that has a state-by-state comparison of carry laws.
What lots of folks don’t realize is that in many states, open carry is also legal and and frequently doesn’t require a license. The folks at OpenCarry.org have a state-by-state info sheet on their site.
Open carry is somewhat controversial in the gun culture. On the one hand, I firmly believe that the most important thing that we can do to secure gun rights in the long term is to make gun ownership unremarkable. Open carry serves the positive purpose of letting people see what a gun owner looks like…and specifically that they look like everyone else. Outings like this one go a long way toward desensitizing people to firearms.
This is the kind of attitude we need to change:
Lt. Alan Cavener of the Boise Police Department said reason must play a part in the open carrying of guns.
“We support peoples’ constitutional rights, but we also want to ensure public safety. People need to use common sense about where they choose to bring a firearm,” Cavener said.
Why, Lieutenant? Why is a zoo any different from any other place?
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