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Originally Posted by B-Line
Wow, it's weird, based on our previous conversations you all know I'm for stricter gun control laws.
But I don't agree with you on this one, or the law.
Here is what I think,
1) If you are allowed to open carry, I think you should be allowed to open carry and be loaded. -
2) I am for open carry laws. - Let's just say for example, there is a disaster, a hurricane, an earthquake, etc. A situation where there is some serious degree of law-less-ness. I think you should be able to open carry a loaded gun without the fear of going to jail for possession of a weapon. Even if you don't have a CCW permit.
- Also, what about people who work in industries where they have to carry a lot of valuable's on them, cash, jewels, etc.
There are also times that as a photographer, I am taking pictures in areas that are packed with very serious and disturbed drug addicts and persons who should be institutionalized for psychological disorders. They harass, attack, spit, at people downtown all the time. I have been attacked a couple of times. If I were allowed to open carry legally, and if it were ok with the models, assistants, stylists, I was working with, - I would open carry on certain shoots.
I think open carry is the best deterrent there is.
Of course with any law, some people are destined to take it to far, Dirty Harry style. But I don't see the reason why it's better for society to have the weapons concealed. - I think if you have proper training, go through lots of tests and clear strict channels, you should be allowed to do both.
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While there are laws against carrying loaded firearms in public, there are none that say you can not carry an unloaded weapon. So there is no law actually saying that it is legal to carry a firearm openly. Its just that there is no law against it that exists.
The thing is it takes a lot of paperwork, reviews and extensive background checks to get a CCW license. Applicants are screened thoroughly and need approval by the city, county and state. A large number of applicants get turned down. Even when they do get one, they have very strict rules that they must abide by. The reason for the concealment is so they don't alarm the public.
Open carry allows anyone who owns a registered firearm to do so without going through a detailed screening process. The background check you go through to buy a firearm is not as extensive as ones for a CCW Permit nor do they need approval by state and government officials.
What you are suggesting is a definite recipe for disaster. Lets say what you're saying is considered legal. So what happens when someone spits on you or attacks or verbally abuses you and they are unarmed? Are you going to pull out your gun and shoot them ? I should hope not, but how about that hot headed guy with a short temper?? The laws for use of deadly force are very detailed. You're talking about the wild west here.
I just think these guys are crazy because they're willing to get put in handcuffs and risk getting shot, all to prove a point.