9th Circuit Panel: ‘Open Carry falls within core of Second Amendment’

To All,

I've resided, while on AD with the Army in TWO states where OPEN CARRY is lawful/commonplace & in those places hardly anyone notices that their neighbors are carrying a firearm.
(The only comment I heard from a LEO here in TX was when I got stopped at a "DWI-checkpoint", about a month ago near Poteet, TX.)

While I normally carry concealed, I had taken my jacket off to drive & was asked by a Deputy Sheriff who came over to my car, "What are you carrying in your holster?"
"A Sig-Sauer P225.", I responded.
The Deputy said, "NICE piece" & waved me on through the checkpoint.

yours, sw

bearcat6,

TEXAS & several other States REQUIRES a "carry license" to carry a handgun, whether concealed or openly carried.
(I don't foresee UNLICENSED carry as lawful in my lifetime in Texas. = Even LOTS of us "2nd Amendment folks" don't like the idea of thugs, who cannot pass a DPS check, carrying deadly weapons.)

yours, sw

William R Moore,

NO but IF/WHEN the thugs do get caught carrying a weapon W/O a CHL in Texas, they go immediately to jail for UNLICENSED carry. = EASY case to make, too, as you either DO or DO NOT have a license.
(I happen to know a SGT with BCSD, who has made over 50 such apprehensions & has locked-up every one.)

Oftentimes when a thugs is arrested/jailed for unlicensed carry the LE agency ends up finding another & more serious violation that gets "added on", too.

yours, sw

CaptainGyro,

"Heeled" is a 19th Century common euphemism for "armed" & which has "come back" into common use in the last few years, mainly because "Westerns", "horse oprys" & "oaters" are popular once more..

yours, sw

csmkersh,

I too sit with my back to the wall & watching the door for "problems", in the so-called "gunfighter's seat". - You are WISE, imVho.

yours, sw

Ok kids play nice. And after posting your cute little gif with Jim Carey flipping the bird, I think that negates your right to report harassment.