Open Carry

Group Brings Guns To Applebee's To Support Open Carry Laws

Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Applebee's Open Carry, Video, Pennsylvania Open Carry, Pennsylvania Gun Law, Open Carry, Applebee's Ridley Township, Applebee's, Food News

On Saturday night in Ridley Township, Penn., more than 30 gun owners entered Applebee's, all carrying their weapons. They weren't aiming to bother any...

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Oklahoma House Approves Easing Gun Restriction

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Gun Laws, Video, Oklahoma House, Open Carry, Open Carry Laws, Oklahoma Open Carry, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Politics News

By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY--Law abiding citizens of Oklahoma who want to publicly carry a pistol on their hip or in a shoulder holster may ...

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When Buying a Gun Becomes Easier Than Voting

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Insurrectionism, Ted Nugent, Timothy McVeigh, One-Handgun-a-Month-Law, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, Voter ID Laws, Sharron Angle, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

Does anyone seriously believe that the vision of our Founders was that guys who carry a gun on their hips 24/7 are "super-citizens" with greater political rights than senior citizens, minorities, the impoverished?

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Fathers, Sons and Guns: An Interview With USC Sociologist and Author Michael Messner

Jackson Katz | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Open Carry, Hunting, Jerry Brown, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Manhood, Guns, Nra, Sarah Palin, Parents News
Jackson Katz

"I end the book with a letter to my sons, posing this this sort of dilemma for them to ponder: perhaps the meaning of a son's relationship with his father is a sort of puzzle to be deciphered over a lifetime."

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In Gun-Friendly Arizona, There's Still One Place Where You Can't Pack Heat

newyorker.com | Hendrik Hertzberg | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Lockdown, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Second Amendment Rights, Arizona Guns, Gun Lobby, Arizona, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona Gun Laws, Politics News

Last Friday morning, in Arizona, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, near Tuscon, there was an unconfirmed report that someone had seen a man who possibl...

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California Assembly Bans Open Carrying Of Unloaded Guns

AP | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: California Open Carry Laws, California Open Carry, Open Carry, Open Carry Laws, Ab 144, ab144, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly approved a bill Monday to prohibit openly carrying unloaded handguns in public after a debate that ...

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NRA's Deadly Agenda Is Out

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Gun Ownership, Strong Gun Laws Work, Gun Shows, Gun Deaths, Concealed Carry Crimes and Misdeeds, Assault Weapons, Nra, Guns in American Culture, Second Amendment, Gun, Gun Crime, Concealed Carry, Ammunition, Gun Industry Watch, Open Carry, Mental Illness, State Legislation, Federal Legislation, Gun Safety, Law Enforcement, Licensing and Registration, Brady Background Checks, Politics News
Paul Helmke

In yet another sign of how out of touch it is with how people interact in a civilized society, the National Rifle Association is apparently so wrapped...

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Senate Dems Kill Bill To Make Concealed Carry Permits Optional

Bill to make conceal carry permit optional dies in committee | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Senate, Open Carry, Colorado Legislature, Gun Control, Colorado Concealed Carry, Denver News

A bill that would have made conceal carry permits optional in Colorado died in a Senate committee today at the hands of Democrats. The Senate State...

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Closing the "Open Carry" Loophole

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Open Carry, Ronald Reagan, Assault Weapons, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Los Angeles, California, Second Amendment, Black Panthers, National Rifle Association, Tucson Shooting, Gabrielle Giffords, Gun Rights, Handguns, Anthony Portantino, ab144, Los Angeles News
Hoyt Hilsman

In the wake of the Tucson shootings, efforts have begun to repeal "open carry" laws that have been exploited for political purposes by the more extreme elements of the gun rights community.

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"Bring Your Gun To The Beach" Day Comes To Hermosa

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Control, Open Carry, Open Carry Laws, Hermosa Beach Open Carry, Los Angeles News

More than a dozen people packing pistols on their hips strolled down the Hermosa Beach strand Saturday, picking up garbage and distributing fliers abo...

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Lawmakers Reject Open-Carry Gun Ban

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Open Carry Law, Gun Control, Open Carry, California Gun Control, California Open Carry Ban Rejected, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public. The Senate nar...

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NRA Instructor Shoots Student: What Can We Learn?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, National Rifle Association, Accidental Shooting, Open Carry, Nra, Guns, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

An individual, who the NRA itself has decided is such an expert in safe gun handling that he can teach a class in it, has now accidentally discharged his weapon in a public place and wounded an innocent person.

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Fewer Guns in Public Means More Freedom

Kaile Shilling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Open Carry, Los Angeles-California, Second Amendment Rights, Guns in Public, Violence Prevention, Violence, Los Angeles, Guns, California, Los Angeles News
Kaile Shilling

Let's be honest: Guns are made for a purpose. People buy guns to have the option of killing someone should the desire or need arise.

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Con Games: Sheriffs, Guns, and Whammo

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Sheriff Arpaio, Open Carry, Second Amendment March, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Bob Braudis, Drugs, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pitkin County, Denver News
Michael Conniff

In the Wild West -- out here in Colorado, Arizona, and other homes where the buffaloes roam -- some of the Wyatt Burps in the region are turning a tempest into a Tea Party.

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No Guns at Starbucks, at Least at Annual Meeting Today

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Starbucks, Gun Control, Seattle, Open Carry, Guns, Business News
Paul Helmke

There won't be any guns carried by the shareholders attending today's annual meeting of the Starbucks Coffee Company. It's not allowed. But guns are still allowed in the company's stores.

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Open Carry Equals Open Season?

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Carry, Law Abiding Gun Owner, Gun, Brady-Background-Check, Gun Deaths, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Concealed Weapons, Nra, Gun Crime, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Americans have for far too long settled minor disputes with lethal firepower, and it's one of the reasons that we continue to reject the vision of America, held by gun rights extremists, as a place where anybody can carry and display any gun.

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Starbucks and Guns: Open Danger, Concealed Danger

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Starbucks' management seems to share the safety concerns of its many customers who feel threatened by the well-armed people now frequenting their stores. But they're too scared to ask them to leave.

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NRA Annual Meeting: No Guns Allowed

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Carry, Ted Nugent, NRA Annual Meeting, Concealed Carry, Charlotte, Newt Gingrich, Nra, Sarah Palin, National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, North Carolina, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

So why is the NRA allowing its leadership, membership, and special guests to be forced to undergo the indignity of being stripped of their guns with little more than a whimper? Well, because to do otherwise would frankly be nuts.

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Palin Around with Terrorists' Pals: Sarah Speaks to the NRA

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Hood, National Rifle Association, The Brady Campaign, Open Carry, Rush Limbaugh, Terrorism, Assault Weapons, Cliff Schecter, Terrorist Gap, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Nra, Maig, Al Gore, Acp, Environment, Gun Safety, Comedy News
Cliff Schecter

I was truly honored to have the former demi-term Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, contact me and ask me to write her speech for today's family-friendly NRA event. Here is an advanced copy of what I came up with.

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Americans, Women, Oppose Guns in Public

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donna Dees-Thomases, Gloria Cruz, Open Carry, Brady Campaign Chapters, Guns in Public, Million Mom March, Amanda Wilcox, Laura Wilcox, Women and Guns, Concealed Carry, Starbucks, Gun Lobby, Lake Research Partners, Guns, Gun Poll, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The gun lobby's vision of more guns, anywhere, and at any time, clearly doesn't fit with the vision held by most Americans and, particularly, by most women.

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Majority Of Americans Oppose Open Carrying Of Loaded Firearms (POLL)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Brady Campaign, Second Amendment, Open Carry, 2nd Amendment, Open Carry Laws, Firearms, Politics News

A majority of Americans are opposed to open carry laws that allow Americans to visibly carry loaded guns out in public, a new poll finds. According t...

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Have Gun, Will Latte

Lloyd Garver | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Gun Control, Open Carry, Guns, Healthy Living News
Lloyd Garver

If you happen to be sitting next to someone in Starbucks who is wearing a gun while he spoons the whipped cream from his drink, you might want to move to another table.

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Sorry, Starbucks: You Are in This Debate

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Gun Violence, Gun Control, Open Carry, Business, Guns, Business News
Paul Helmke

Starbucks says it is simply complying with the law, but the law allows Starbucks to set the basic rules for its property. The issue is not the law: the issue is Starbucks' choice to allow guns in its stores.

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Starbucks Guns Debate: Coffeemaker

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy / AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Howard Schultz, Peet's Gun Ban, Starbucks Firearms, 2nd Amendment, Starbucks Guns, Guns in Starbucks, Gun Control, Brady Campaign, Peet's Coffee, Starbucks, Poll, Open Carry, Guns, Business News

Gun-and-latte aficionados can rest easy. Despite an outcry from advocacy groups, Starbucks says it will continue to allow customers to bring licensed ...

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Starbucks Gun Policy: Refusal To Ban Firearms Pleases Open Carry Advocates, Troubles Gun Control Advocates

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Guns, Gun Rights, Open Carry, Gun Control, Starbucks Guns, Starbucks Open Carry, Brady Campaign, Business News

Dale Welch recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia, handgun strapped to his waist, and ordered a banana Frappuccino with a cinnamon bun. He says ...

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