As we reported back in June, Florida Carry was hosting an Open Carry Fishing Event in Miami Beach when the police decided to violate state law. They held the participants at gunpoint for legally following Florida Statute 790.25 (3). That statute allows open carry while fishing, hunting, camping, attending a gun show or shooting. For that coverage, […]
The city of Evansville, Indiana has finally settled an ongoing lawsuit stemming from the wrongful ejection of a man from the city’s zoo for openly carrying a firearm. The initial incident occurred on September 10, 2011. From a 2011 press release from the Law Offices of Guy A. Relford announcing the lawsuit captured at opencarry.org: On […]
Dennis Wright – best known as Deano – is one of many Texans who say, “I wasn’t born here, but I got here as fast as I could.” This particular Texan got here from Jamaica. Ever since he arrived, Deano has been an enthusiastic ambassador for the Second Amendment who usually carries openly. We got […]
Pity poor David Hogg. He held a rally Saturday at the NRA world headquarters near Fairfax, Virginia. While (someone’s) money can pay to organize rallies against gun rights and provide armed security, money doesn’t buy intelligent demonstrators. While the event played out, the National Rifle Association didn’t miss the chance to ridicule Hogg and his […]
Last week, we asked our Facebook followers, “Why did you start carrying?” There were almost as many answers as there were readers. Some were so truthful and moving that we decided to immortalize a selection of them here on the site. Enjoy. “I very nearly missed being present at a shooting in a mall shortly […]
I have been staying in Middleton, Wisconsin for a couple of months. After an injury a few years ago and a serious case of pneumonia, I changed my exercise from running to brisk walking. Wearing a t-shirt and shorts limits the options for concealed carry. Most of my walking in the area starts at about […]
Mike Taylor, an Florida fisherman and YouTuber, was one of the parties involved in the Miami Beach open carry incident last week when Miami Beach police officers arrived on the scene with guns drawn. His footage is a much clearer record of what happened that day than previous video (see earlier posts here, here and […]
After his police officers were publicly embarrassed for not knowing state law and mistreating a group of open carry activists over the weekend, Miami Beach Police Chief Daniel J. Oates, through Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, claimed to the Miami Herald that he never received prior notification, either by e-mail or regular mail, from Florida Carry […]
This weekend, Miami Beach police officers handcuffed and detained a group of Floridians as they were exercising their Second Amendment rights in an open carry demonstration at South Pointe Pier on Sunday. In a statement the MBPD gave to WPLG Channel 10 News; Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, said officers briefly […]
On May 31, 2018, at about two o’clock in the afternoon, 23-year-old Noah Kolis was guiding three friends from Chicago. They started at his boyhood home near Cora, Wyoming. His dog, a Chesapeake-Lab mix, was with them, heading to some rock formations nearby. Polis was carrying his 460V Smith & Wesson revolver. Two other men […]
There are a significant number of people in the United States who have chosen not to own firearms, and who want the government to ensure as many other Americans as possible are forcibly disarmed. They are a small, but vocal minority. To most people in the gun culture, this is an alien mindset. It’s worthwhile […]
There was a long line of media waiting to register at the press office at the NRA annual meeting this morning. As I stood in line, watching the attendees walk by, there was a gentleman open carrying this five-shot revolver in a cross draw rig. The thumb-break release, held in tight against the body, makes a […]
