[Tallguy]

This was all over local talk radio here in central Pennsylvania. I've been waiting for a paper to pick it up before posting.

[DCBryan1]

Oh great, thread number 4! Woohoo!

[Eska]

In Alaska, no such things as permits. In rural Alaska, you see people walking into schools all the time with pistols on their belts; nobody thinks twice about it either. Most rural schools have a rifle in office anyway, for when bear hang around playground looking the kids over.

I hear Pa has sure changed alot over the last 20 years.

[R. Scott]

Contacted by The Times-Tribune, Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola declined to comment on this specific case, but said people have a right to openly carry a weapon without having to show identification or a permit.

“Police can ask, but if they don’t want to give it, they don’t have to,” he said. “It’s going to be surprising to the public, but that’s the current state of law.”

Maybe the public should be educated, instead of subjected to propaganda about the evils of firearms.

[Herakles]

I can tell you right now if they were drug dealers, crack heads or illegal aliens, the police here in PA would have been nowhere to be found (except for the state police in central PA who do their best to stop every illegal going east on I-80 - you gotta love them).

[OldEagle]

"Pennsylvanians are required to carry a permit for a concealed weapon; however, there are exemptions, such as in the case of Mr. Banks, who Dickson City police later found out had a federal gun-dealer license."

So, does an FFL grant the right to concealed carry?