Ban the Open Carry of Firearms

[tortoise1956]

33. You have no idea how much this pains me..

But I have to agree with at least part of Jimmy's post. (Yeah, I know, someone just turned on the AC in Hades...)

While I firmly believe in the second amendment, bearing arms does not necessarily mean that you should be able to go out in public with a pistol strapped on your side and an AR-15 slung over one shoulder with no restrictions at all. NO right is completely unlimited - hell, even Scalia noted that in Heller.

So:

As long as there is a Shall-Issue statute that allows law-abiding people to obtain a CCW license (without having to jump through unreasonable hoops to qualify), I am fine with banning open carry of a weapon in municipalities and other government-controlled areas. This,. of course, does not mean that you can't take a weapon to a range or back and forth between private residences.

OK, flame away.