Which States Allow the Permitless Carry of Guns?

[Hafar1014]

I carry mine tucked in my pants behind my back when I get out of my truck. Nobody has said anything at a store because they can't see it. I haven't pulled it out but I think a scruffy person would know if they saw me bringing my arm behind my back they know to walk away

If you get in a fight and fall backwards youll injure your spine. Pocket carry or off body can give you 100% concealability and fast access.

 

[Concerned American]

If the business is about to be robbed you will be shot first. You need the element of surprise to win. You gave it up

LOL, anything RELEVANT to add? Musings about woulda, coulda and shoulda really have no bearing on whether or not the second amendment is clear or not or whether or not open carry is legal. Indeed, if you have a broken firing pin on your shotgun and you choose to have your local gunshop replace it, do you feel you should be harrassed as you walk it from your car in the parking lot to the gunsmith? By your standards, you would be in violation of open carry laws.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Not so. I lived in CA for over 40 years and I open carried everywhere until somewhere around Y2K. Soon after that they started restricting open carry of long guns.

From WIKKI;
"
he Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party, which was conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods in what would later be termed copwatching. They garnered national attention after Black Panthers members, bearing arms, marched upon the California State Capitol to protest the bill.

Assembly Bill 1591 was introduced by Don Mulford (R) from Oakland on April 5, 1967, and subsequently co-sponsored by John T. Knox (D) from Richmond, Walter J. Karabian (D) from Monterey Park, Frank Murphy Jr. (R) from Santa Cruz, Alan Sieroty (D) from Los Angeles, and William M. Ketchum (R) from Bakersfield. A.B 1591 was made an "urgency statute" under Article IV, §8(d) of the Constitution of California after "an organized band of men armed with loaded firearms [...] entered the Capitol" on May 2, 1967; as such, it required a two-thirds majority in each house. On June 8, after the third reading in the Assembly (controlled by Democrats, 42:38), the urgency clause was adopted, and the bill was then passed 70 to 5. It passed the Senate (split, 20:19) on July 26, 29 votes to 7, and was passed back to the assembly on July 27, 1967 for a final vote, where it passed 62 to 9. The bill was signed by Governor Ronald Reagan on July 28, 1967.

Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported increased gun control, as did the National Rifle Association of America. Governor Ronald Reagan, who was coincidentally present on the Capitol lawn when the protesters arrived, later commented that he saw "no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons" and that guns were a "ridiculous way to solve problems that have to be solved among people of good will." In a later press conference, Reagan added that the Mulford Act "would work no hardship on the honest citizen."

The bill was signed by Reagan and became California penal code nr.25850"

 

[Concerned American]

From WIKKI;
"
he Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party, which was conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods in what would later be termed copwatching. They garnered national attention after Black Panthers members, bearing arms, marched upon the California State Capitol to protest the bill.

Assembly Bill 1591 was introduced by Don Mulford (R) from Oakland on April 5, 1967, and subsequently co-sponsored by John T. Knox (D) from Richmond, Walter J. Karabian (D) from Monterey Park, Frank Murphy Jr. (R) from Santa Cruz, Alan Sieroty (D) from Los Angeles, and William M. Ketchum (R) from Bakersfield. A.B 1591 was made an "urgency statute" under Article IV, §8(d) of the Constitution of California after "an organized band of men armed with loaded firearms [...] entered the Capitol" on May 2, 1967; as such, it required a two-thirds majority in each house. On June 8, after the third reading in the Assembly (controlled by Democrats, 42:38), the urgency clause was adopted, and the bill was then passed 70 to 5. It passed the Senate (split, 20:19) on July 26, 29 votes to 7, and was passed back to the assembly on July 27, 1967 for a final vote, where it passed 62 to 9. The bill was signed by Governor Ronald Reagan on July 28, 1967.

Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported increased gun control, as did the National Rifle Association of America. Governor Ronald Reagan, who was coincidentally present on the Capitol lawn when the protesters arrived, later commented that he saw "no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons" and that guns were a "ridiculous way to solve problems that have to be solved among people of good will." In a later press conference, Reagan added that the Mulford Act "would work no hardship on the honest citizen."

The bill was signed by Reagan and became California penal code nr.25850"

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I openly carried rifles, shotguns and handguns in Modesto and Stanislaus county, CA for over forty years from 1972 until 2014 and never had a law enforcement officer of any type question my rights. They enacted a law prohibiting this practice prior to my leaving in 2014 and I am unable to locate a link. However, I have been able to locate a link that confirms this ban that was enacted in Jan. 2024. IDK about Mulford and really don't care. I have lived this experience. Meh. I don't live there anymore and if they don't care about their constitutional rights, I don't either.

 

[Failzero]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I openly carried rifles, shotguns and handguns in Modesto and Stanislaus county, CA for over forty years from 1972 until 2014 and never had a law enforcement officer of any type question my rights. They enacted a law prohibiting this practice prior to my leaving in 2014 and I am unable to locate a link. However, I have been able to locate a link that confirms this ban that was enacted in Jan. 2024. IDK about Mulford and really don't care. I have lived this experience. Meh. I don't live there anymore and if they don't care about their constitutional rights, I don't either.

We Open Carried in Militia activities until 2015 or so , they passed a law to squelch Unloaded or Loaded of HGs and long guns at some point in that timeframe . I remember seeing Folks open carrying holstered unloaded handguns at the Costco in Redding when I first semi retired here in 98 but that petered out soon after and I’m not sure if legislation ended it

 

[Anathema]

I’ve never understood the interest in open carry.,I carry concealed. I have no intention of warning a would-be assailant that I’m prepared to send them to meet their maker.

 

[Failzero]

I’ve never understood the interest in open carry.,I carry concealed. I have no intention of warning a would-be assailant that I’m prepared to send them to meet their maker.

Me too , Open Carry is a Fools folly

 

[Concerned American]

Me too , Open Carry is a Fools folly

LOL, tell that to the millions of Californians that have been refused concealed carry permits for no reason.

 

[Failzero]

LOL, tell that to the millions of Californians that have been refused concealed carry permits for no reason.

I’ve had mine ( California CCW ) in Shasta County
since 2011 . Family has them in Ventura County , Culver City Friend of 50+ Years has one from Los Angeles County

 

[Bell Huey]

Me too , Open Carry is a Fools folly

That and there are still to many Karen's in certain areas of the country. I went to the ABC store in VA. A few years back Gov Terry McAuliffe deemed ABC stores as Government buildings and carry was not allowed. As a law abiding citizen I would lock the pistol is a travel safe in the car. I went in and had to get a bottle off the bottom shelf. As I did my shirt road up and the empty holster was in view. A customer went to management and complained I had a gun. I showed the manager all I had was an empty holster.

 

[Failzero]

That and there are still to many Karen's in certain areas of the country. I went to the ABC store in VA. A few years back Gov Terry McAuliffe deemed ABC stores as Government buildings and carry was not allowed. As a law abiding citizen I would lock the pistol is a travel safe in the car. I went in and had to get a bottle off the bottom shelf. As I did my shirt road up and the empty holster was in view. A customer went to management and complained I had a gun. I showed the manager all I had was an empty holster.

Open Carry is for Carefree slackers