The past few weeks, on another board calguns.net, the topic of legalities of Open Carrying Handguns has been a very hot topic. CCW (Carry Concealed Weapon) licenses are next to impossible to get in california and many other states. Apparently a few have done their research on laws and codes regarding firearms and public. They also found a loophole, and verified with state and district offices and have gotten a response that there is no law stating that carrying a unloaded weapon in plain (open) view of the public.

It started out with one person who was well informed the legality, started to open carry and posted about his encounter with law enforcement while open carrying. In a nutshell, he was stopped by LEO and harassed, but then let go. For the guys on the forum, it was like a green light to go for it.

Here's forum post http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ad.php?t=91992

Now I agree that it should be our right, but its kind of crazy how some of these guys are extremely enthusiastic about it. Many of them (in 20's) seem to want to do it, just to stick it to the man so to speak. Legal or not, I think its only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.

What do you think ?