Posted on 05/16/2011 6:15:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Assembly approved a bill Monday to prohibit openly carrying unloaded handguns in public after a debate that pitted gun rights proponents against chiefs of police.
The bill, AB144, would make it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed and unloaded gun in a public place, street or vehicle except in some unincorporated areas. It was approved 45-29 largely along party lines and moves to the Senate.
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Maybe some of these people could have lived to eat their hamburgers if they had weapons with them.
Well this is a much better attitude than CA, PA, NY, MA, IL, etc. BUT, it is still a PERMIT process. A permit means that you have to ask permission from the government to do it. If you have to ask permission it is not a right it is a privilege. You don't have to ask permission to exercise a right. So I stand by my statement that police don't believe in 2nd amend RIGHTs for anyone but police. Constitutional carry as in VT and AK is actually a right because you don't have to obtain the government's prior approval to exercise it.
NV is also an open carry state - so one doesn’t need a permit to carry. We just need one to CONCEAL carry. :)
Ed Worley, the NRA state liaison for CA was on NRA News last night. The audio for that interview is here...
http://sanfernandovalleynra.org/2011/05/16/ed-worley-talks-about-ab-144-on-cam-co/
The supporters of AB144 should be careful what they wish for... They might get it.
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