Mike
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http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/06/kalamazoo_open-carry_encounter.html
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Michigan is one of 30 states where guns can be carried most places in public without a permit, according to John Pierce, a Virginia-based attorney and co-founder of OpenCarry.org, a website that advocates for the open carry of holstered handguns across the country.
"That is more than a majority that allow anyone who can legally own a handgun to wear it openly as they go about their daily lives," Pierce said.
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Pierce said OpenCarry.org does not advocate for the open carry of long guns. In part, that's because a long gun on a sling doesn't have its trigger guarded like a handgun in a holster, Pierce said.
. . . Pierce said not all open carriers are good advocates for the cause.
"That person from what I saw, while probably within his legal right, that person was not being a good ambassador by swearing," Pierce said.
"We want to be good ambassadors," Pierce added. "When people think back about it, we don't want them to think, 'Wow, what a person that was swearing at an officer.'"
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"In California, open carry of long guns used to be allowed and open carry of unloaded handguns used to be allowed," he said. "What you have now is they don't allow open carry and they are what we call a may-issue concealed-carry state, which means in certain jurisdictions, unless you're connected, you can't get a carry permit."
He said the restrictions in California are "absolutely" unconstitutional since, in his view, the Second Amendment requires all states to allow open carry in some form.
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Michigan is one of 30 states where guns can be carried most places in public without a permit, according to John Pierce, a Virginia-based attorney and co-founder of OpenCarry.org, a website that advocates for the open carry of holstered handguns across the country.
"That is more than a majority that allow anyone who can legally own a handgun to wear it openly as they go about their daily lives," Pierce said.
. . .
Pierce said OpenCarry.org does not advocate for the open carry of long guns. In part, that's because a long gun on a sling doesn't have its trigger guarded like a handgun in a holster, Pierce said.
. . . Pierce said not all open carriers are good advocates for the cause.
"That person from what I saw, while probably within his legal right, that person was not being a good ambassador by swearing," Pierce said.
"We want to be good ambassadors," Pierce added. "When people think back about it, we don't want them to think, 'Wow, what a person that was swearing at an officer.'"
. . .
"In California, open carry of long guns used to be allowed and open carry of unloaded handguns used to be allowed," he said. "What you have now is they don't allow open carry and they are what we call a may-issue concealed-carry state, which means in certain jurisdictions, unless you're connected, you can't get a carry permit."
He said the restrictions in California are "absolutely" unconstitutional since, in his view, the Second Amendment requires all states to allow open carry in some form.
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