Posted on 09/23/2025 5:32:39 AM PDT by marktwain
Maryland now bans the general open carry of modern handguns.
South Carolina no longer requires a permit for open carry.
Only Federal requirement is that it be registered.
I haven’t kept up. I’m surprised so many allow open carry.
I thought a SCOTUS judgement decreed that all state laws restricting the “bearing” of arms were unconstitutional
“Only Federal requirement is that it be registered.”
You’re joking here?
FIRM “NO” to registration!
First step to confiscation.
... then they’ll want a registration “fee”, which will be a tax on a constitutional right... the only right which specifically says “...shall not be infringed”.
By this logic, should a citizen also have to “register” with mommyfedgov to speak freely, or to worship, or to gather?
Why in Heaven's Name would you permit government to register weapons owned by Citizens? Of all the outrageous, tyrannical things to do ...
Open carry is permitted in most states.
Concealed carry is a different animal.
Only Federal requirement is that it SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Fixed it for you. Registration is the first step in confiscation. EVERY time.
I haven’t kept up. I’m surprised so many allow open carry.>>>PA has always been open carry. But, if you open carry in Philly you will be stopped harassed and possibly detained and with Crazner maybe arrested..
Of course.
In 2023, at age 68, I did a 23 state, 11,000 mile solo motorcycle trip. Ironically, the only state I couldn’t open carry in was Florida (fixed now). In MI and WI I would walk into a restaurant and it was like an old Western movie, all conversation would stop and all eyes on me like I was about to sprout a second head.
I had 2 civilians and one LEO shake my hand and thank me for open carrying.
Registered? No way.
“In the Founder’s day, carrying concealed was consider skulduggery and dishonest.”
Nope. It was common practice.
Um, no. Registration leads to confiscation, just like confiscation leads to genocide. Every time.
Only Federal requirement is that it be registered.
Gun registration is essentially gun confiscation, because tyrannical government is always a possibility.
Here is an essay I wrote on the subject:
https://www.ammoland.com/2019/09/gun-registration-is-gun-confiscation-updated-2019-edition/
Concealed carry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry
“In the Founder’s day, carrying concealed was consider skulduggery and dishonest.”
About two generations after the ratification of the Bill of Rights, state legislatures started banning concealed carry.
The two reasons given were to prevent arguments with someone you did not know was armed, from escalating into murder. (Skulduggery) Second, to attempt to tamp down the popularity of duels between young men.
The banning of concealed carry took off after the Supreme Court decision in 1833 which ruled the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments.
That was reversed with the Fourteenth Amendment after the Civil war.
I agree.
Put the federal law under the interstate commerce clause.
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