Opinion on open carry.

[Timothy]

I've spent a lot of time in NH and VT over the years.  I've worked in NH some years back for an extended period in the Manchester area and saw people carrying every day.  In restaurants, in supermarkets, on the street, everywhere!  It's a non-issue in this part of the country.  MA has no concealed carry laws, just a legal right to carry a firearm, period.  You don't see it very often but people do on occasion carry openly.  My daughter even has a regular customer at her bank that carries a 1911 once in a while.  If it can be done in the Northeast, it can be done anywhere!

Personally, I won't in my neighborhood.  Not that my neighbors would mind, it's just that I feel more comfortable not being conspicuous and find no reason to bother to explain myself.  The local PD aren't the problem, the problem is the brainwashed frightened masses!

[tombogan03884]

 Manchester and Newington both lost in court for arresting people for open carry. 

[Timothy]

Manchester and Newington both lost in court for arresting people for open carry. 

Good! 

My time in Manchester was back in 86-87.  Things have changed, maybe too much!  We need to get back to our roots......

[2HOW]

On September 8, 2009, United States District Judge Bruce D. Black of the United States District Court for New Mexico entered summary judgment in a civil case for damages against Alamogordo, NM police officers. The Judge's straight shootin' message to police: Leave open carriers alone unless you have "reason to believe that a crime [is] afoot."

http://www.examiner.com/x-2782-DC-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Federal-judge-rules-police-cannot-detain-people-for-openly-carrying-guns?cid=examiner-email

[MikeBjerum]

Thank You Judge Black!

We need these people that look at things in the big picture.

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[tombogan03884]

 Good find.

[ratcatcher55]

It has to be free of typos and be somewhat grammatically correct to qualify.

ME NOKAN TYPE

[seeker_two]

I have a question.....

One of the arguements against OC is that, if a criminal spots an OC'er's gun prior to a robbery/murder/name-a-crime, he will shoot the OC'er first.  Has there been any documented cases of that happening?

Just curious.... 

[Badgersmilk]

Why would they NOT?!?

One draw back to open carry is it makes you a target for theives.  Guy taps you with a stun gun and takes off with your weapon.  

Another reason I think its a terrible idea is there's WAY to many teenage / early 20's mall ninja's / gangsta wanna be's looking to show off and end up accidentaly killing a mom and the kids as a crowd comes out of the next action movie premier.  Or one of your family takes a .50 cal. in the head at the park from accidental discharge when one teenager's "checking out" his buddies cool new gold plated Desert Eagle!

Sure, open carry sounds great!  But it's just going to draw idiot cowboys (of ALL ages) into carrying weapons their not responsible enough to touch, much less carry in a crowd.  

[Fatman]

Why would they NOT?!?



Another reason I think its a terrible idea is there's WAY to many teenage / early 20's mall ninja's / gangsta wanna be's looking to show off and end up accidentaly killing a mom and the kids as a crowd comes out of the next action movie premier.  Or one of your family takes a .50 cal. in the head at the park from accidental discharge when one teenager's "checking out" his buddies cool new gold plated Desert Eagle!

Sure, open carry sounds great!  But it's just going to draw idiot cowboys (of ALL ages) into carrying weapons their not responsible enough to touch, much less carry in a crowd.  

My solution is to add one restriction to the carry laws:

"All open carry pistols must be pink."

Should weed out all the people carrying for the wrong reason.