Letter to the Editor: Open Carry Advocates “Selfish and Egotistical”
It's open season on open carry in California. Post Hermosa Beach Open Carry clean-up demo, Golden State gun control advocates are girding themselves for battle, as the legislature attempts to pass a law banning...
HuffPo Ed: Open Carry Is A Threat, Not A Promise
Kate Shilling, Coalition Director of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater LA, reckons banning open carry wouldn't violate Californians' Constitutional rights. "Forbidding open carry does not limit your right to own or carry a...
CA Open Carry Advocate Makes An Unfortunate Joke
The LA Times reports that an open carry protest rally get together hoe-down thingie went well enough---given that the Redondo Beach congregants were banned from the pier onto which they'd planned to gather. A...
“I think it’s absolutely unnecessary for me or anyone else to carry a gun....
Hey, we're all entitled to our opinions. But when it comes to gun rights (and wrongs) some opinions are more important than others. The one expressed above was issued by Marysville, Michigan Mayor Pro-Tem...
Open Carry – How To Assert Your Rights
Michigan Open Carry recently scored a victory in Royal Oak. The pressure group forced the city to reexamine and, eventually, rescind a firearms ban for its Eats, Beats and Arts festival. I contacted one...
Open Carry is a Bad Idea
Open Carry (OC) is a hot topic on TTAG. No surprise; a lot of gun rights proponents heart OC. At first blush, it seems a promising way to extend and defend Second Amendment rights. In many...
Open Carry vs. Concealed Carry? Wrong Question . . .
Oh, sure. I know what you're thinking. Just after Martin Albright posted a well-reasoned, rational argument against Open Carry, here comes another article with a contrarian view. Will the madness never end? Why can't...
Actress Phoebe Price Practices Open Carry
backseatcuddler.com claims that fashion designer and character actress Phoebe Price is posing with a toy gun. Uh, I don't think so. Does Ms. Price have a concealed carry permit for that Smith & Wesson...
Open Carry: An Article of Faith?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oozi6B0ky2s
Bonus points for watching the whole thing, hanging on for the "surprise" ending.
Koran Burning Pastor Packing .40 Heat
A few days ago, I argued that the right to bear arms protected minorities from persecution. Hardly an original thought. But one well worth repeating. And not as uncontroversial as it seems. For we...
Resolution in Support of Making Arts, Beats & Eats and Other Festivals Gun-Free Zones
The Honorable Mayor and Members of City Commission
On August 13, 2010, the City Commission directed our office to prepare a resolution recommending that the State legislature amend Michigan law to make Arts, Beats &...
“Come out to the town square with your guns this Friday!”
One nutcase. That's all it would take to turn a Georgia open carry rally into a top of the hour news story. In case you didn't know, the headline wouldn't be "Gun-Wielding Psychopath Ruins Otherwise Peaceful...