Posted on 06/22/2013 5:29:44 PM PDT by marktwain
With confusion and concern looming over Mississippi’s new gun law set to kick in July 1, businesses are reminded of their rights in relation to the “Open Carry” legislation.
House Bill 2, approved by Gov. Phil Bryant in March, is being referred to as the open carry law because gun owners will now have fewer concealment regulations.
"HB 2 set out to redefine what a concealed weapon is," said Cleveland Police Chief Buster Bingham. "If the law holds up, any person can carry a weapon on their belt as long as it's holstered. It doesn't need to be hidden or obscured.”
Also written in the bill’s language is that citizens may carry with or without concealed carry permits — any law-abiding citizen over 18 years of age may ‘holster carry' in the open if done in a non-threating and otherwise lawful manner.
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For the meantime, it remains to be seen how the state reacts to new carrying rights.
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As you know, that still does not justify prohibition of concealed carry.
Jim Hood is a turd in our state, as you know.
“We need this in Ohio.”
You mean legal open carry? We already have that in Ohio, although with some limitation regarding vehicles.
“...there’s always another store or restaurant down the block that does.”
Always? You seem sure that the whole world resembles your neighborhood or places you know about.
‘While I am all for this open carry law, I have yet to see anyone offer an explanation of why CONCEALED CARRY is a “bad thing.”’
As I recall, the argument was that open carry of a weapon was perfectly legal and customary, and that anyone who wanted to carry a weapon concealed had some nefarious illegal intent behind their desire or wanted to have an undue advantage over their fellow citizens in case of an altercation, by appearing unarmed. At least, as I recall, that was justification in the early 1800’s for some states making concealed carry illegal.
or wanted to have an undue advantage over their fellow citizens in case of an altercation, by appearing unarmed.
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All things considered, this is reason enough for me.
Except I do not like the ‘use’ of the words undue advantage.
If a thug should happen to accost an off duty LEO, the story gets written up “Mr(?)... picked the ‘wrong’ target as Smith was an off duty Deputy Sheriff”. Why should he have a better chance of surviving an ‘incident’ than you or me??
Yep - just been subverted by a "legal" ruling that a holster completely, or in part concealed a weapon which made it a concealed weapon and required a CCW. Gov Bryant is doing us a service.
I guess that makes sense to a degree. But, that prevents a woman from carrying a small handgun “concealed” in her purse. I guess I’m just in favor of being able to carry a gun in whatever way I prefer, whatever is most comfortable to me, whether it’s in a shoulder holster under my jacket, in my purse or outside on my hip.
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