Firearm

Carried a firearm with me my entire trucking career , never once was checked/or asked about one....it's really a personal choice if you ask me , I always go to the thought that I have a God given right to protect my self....I also reserve the right to the choice of the method to do that....

 

I used to open carry a crossbow and a bowie knife when I lived in West Oakland California. I was one of the first white guys to move into the ghetto of West Oakland after the bridge collapsed in 1989 and I didn't seem to have any problems.

 

My CCW works nearly every place on that open-carry map. With a bit more red in the northeast and a bit less to points south... I had no idea open-carry was permissible in that many places.

 

Nor did I. Had no idea OH was an open carry state. Gonna have to research the governing laws in that one.

 

They may be open carry states but most states require you have a pistol permit to open carry and to get that permit in that state you must be a resident of that state , I'm from missouri we no longer require pistol permits to open carry but I cannot cross into Iowa with my pistol because I don't have an Iowa pistol permit and can't get one because I'm not a resident

 

MD requires a permit to open carry. There are no restrictions in 30 states, some form of restriction be it a license or restricted to rural areas etc. in 14 states and finally no open carry allowed at all in 6 states and DC.

 

I believe they do for the CCW but since missouri doesn't require a permit to purchase a pistol and Iowa does in order to open carry in Iowa you need that pistol permit , we can't even sell pistols to Iowa residents without shipping them to a ffl holder to go through the permit process

 

He'll you can buy guns all day long in missouri legally without a back ground check the only ppl in missouri required to do a background check before selling a gun is ffl holders wich is why I buy my guns at auctions or from private individuals no back ground check no gun registration and all perfectly legal for my state anyway