AZ: Woman Openly Carrying Glock Threatened by Armed Felon; She Kills Him
A woman openly carrying a Glock was threatened by an armed felon in the early morning hours of 1 August, 2016. She was leaving the gas station with a drink in her hand and the Glock on her hip. Her...
View ArticleBan on Open Carry Illegal for Union Station in Ogden, Utah
Sea Bears is a successful restaurant serving sea food in Ogden, Utah. They have made national news by their policy of open carry for restaurant employees and guests. The policy brought them...
View ArticleCharges Dropped Against Open Carry Activist in Texas
On 27 February, 2016, Brett Sanders was arrested while openly carrying a firearm in Texas. He had refused to show the officers of the Southlake, Texas, Police Department, any identification or a Texas...
View ArticleThanks to a Republican LOSS, Open and Campus Carry Coming To Florida in 2017
Have you ever heard the adage, “addition by subtraction”?Well, that’s what is going on in Florida thanks to gun hating Republican State Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla losing his reelection campaign...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court Guts Right to Open Carry
In Norman v. Florida, the central issue was whether the Florida ban on the open carry of firearms violated the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, or the weaker provision of the Florida...
View ArticleCT: Bill to Require Carry Permit Holders to “Show Their Papers” Defeated
Second Amendment supporters won another victory, this time in Connecticut. On Thursday, 6 April, 2017, HB6200 was defeated. The bill would have required individuals who open carry handguns to present...
View ArticleEighth Circuit: Open Carry not Reasonable Suspicion for a Police Stop
In 2011, on November 2nd, The Lincoln City Police Department received a call about a young man displaying a firearm in an Astro van outside of a convenience store. The call lead to the felony stop of...
View ArticleTruck Open Carry Case offers Chance to Validate Wisconsin Constitution
In Wisconsin, a truck driver, Guy A. Smith, is contesting an arrest for carrying a concealed weapon. The handgun was on the floor of his truck, and was visible to an outside camera. Smith made no...
View ArticleOpen Carry at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas
At the Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Dallas, Texas, I noticed a significant amount of the open carry of sidearms. This would not have been legal as late as December of 2015. The open carry of...
View ArticleArkansas Governor Clarifies Legality of Open Carry
In 2013, Arkansas passed Act 746 into law. Act 746 made Arkansas a Constitutional Carry state, by changing the state definition of what illegal carry of a weapon was.Act 746 clarified the law to the...
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