The claim that someone fears gun owners so much that they would flee without paying for food

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14. Please see....

My series of articles on where firearms are "permitted in the public square." Especially part one, with the map, including amendments I made for several northeastern states.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172191778

I will be writing another article, this one taking this issue head on - long gun open carry and group open carry events. Look for it by the end of the week.

For those of you who consider this a very important issue, may I suggest that you choose your state of residence based at least partly on this topic. If you live in a state that allows (encourages, recognizes the right to, etc.) open carry, then the best thing in the long run is to go somewhere else.

New York only supports open carry of a rifle as part of hunting, and only several counties in New York (as far as I know, in the Catskills and Adirondacks only) will you see hand gun open carry - in the woods.

In New York, handgun owners undergo a BG check not much less intense than a police recruit applying to go on the job.

We have an incredibly low incidence of handgun misuse among licensed handgun owners, not to say other states have a higher rate, just vouching for my state.