Well, that ruins my whole night...

[Tallpine]

It's all rather amusing from out here in the mountain west where open carry of firearms has always been not illegal 

[Perd Hapley]

It's all rather amusing from out here in the mountain west where open carry of firearms has always been not illegal 

   You find it amusing that human rights are being violated?   




Just so you understand, it has always been not illegal in this part of the Midwest, except in certain towns. Pretty much like the Old West.

[Perd Hapley]

Here's a genius advising people against open carry.
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=1095478#.VBJtNDkhbct

In the video, while standing in his store (carrying openly) he says the following:
"Plus, we discourage it because if you are walking around with open carry and somebody burglarizes are robs your place, you are going to be the first target.”



He's [edit: NOT] the same genius that got our CCW classes screwed up for a while, and tied up gun rights' proponents on cruft they shouldn't have had to deal with. Details here: http://forums.handloads.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=29092

Sorry. These are not the same people. I know nobody cares at this point, but just wanted to clean that up.