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joshcdc

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reported the first post i saw which said that open carry was illegal as innacurate, sending the paper this message "the legal code cited does not prohibit open carry of handgun it prohibits display of a weapon in a manner which "warrants alarm". according to case law normal carry of a firearm does not warrant alarm, presenting it with the intention of intimidating others does." maybe the paper will remove the factually innacurate blog post? hopefully
 
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joshcdc wrote:
reported the first post i saw which said that open carry was illegal as innacurate, sending the paper this message "the legal code cited does not prohibit open carry of handgun it prohibits display of a weapon in a manner which "warrants alarm". according to case law normal carry of a firearm does not warrant alarm, presenting it with the intention of intimidating others does." maybe the paper will remove the factually innacurate blog post? hopefully
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The paper doesn't care about accuracy in the reader replies and won't take it down for that I'm sure.

They would be more intersted in posts that violate their rules.
 
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I can see that in 2006 the issue of Open Carry would be a dicey thing. It's amazing how far we have come in 2 years.

edit: I posted about a bad link which has now been fixed
 
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I had to chime in on that one, too. :cool:

People outside the "gun circle" are often confused about what the culture is like within that circle. I only recently became a gun owner after about 2 yrs of researching firearms, the laws regarding them, and the internet forums of gun owners. The reason I researched the forums was to get an idea of the culture and mentality of those who own and carry...
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I just sent Clayton an email referring him to State vs Casad and the court's interpretation of "warrants alarm". Maybe he'll update his page.
 
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