LITTLE ROCK — A bill to allow Arkansans with concealed handgun permits to carry their weapons openly stalled in a House committee Tuesday.
House Bill 1408 by Rep. Sue Scott, R-Rogers, received 9 votes, two votes short of an endorsement by the 20-member House Judiciary Committee. Eight members voted against it.
The committee rejected the bill after approving an amendment that would limit open carry to rural, unincorporated areas.
Col. Stan Witt, the state police director, spoke against the measure.
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Add commentSounds like the democrats had
Sounds like the democrats had their Witt's about them.
Thank you Col Witt.
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Well.............
Dumber than dumb..... read
WHAT
So if you have a CCP they are serious about the 1st C part
I thought you could strap on one and carry openly anyway. The law was you couldn't carry a concealed weapon without a license but you could walk about with gun if you so chose.
BuzzBy, there are 3
BuzzBy, there are 3 exceptions for carrying a handgun without a permit in AR.
1) you're on a journey (journey isn't defined in state law, so good luck with that one)
2) you're the proprietor of a business and acting in to course of normal business. You can carry to protect your business and it's assets.
3) On your way too/from a shooting event or hunting
Otherwise you must have a CHL issued by the State Police or you'll be charged with the offense of carrying a weapon.
Rule of thumb
A "journey" is covered by one's being on vacation.
You got a gun, or a knife over 3.5", you're on a vacation is what you tell them if you get pulled over.
I'm not joking.
Not exactly,
I remember from my LEO days that the actual wording is "I am on a journey."
From the ASP fact sheet on gun law:
“(c) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that at the time of the act of carrying a weapon:
(4) The person is carrying a weapon when upon a journey, unless the journey is through a commercial airport when presenting at the security checkpoint in the airport or is in the person's checked baggage and is not a lawfully declared weapon; (a journey is defined as traveling beyond your circle of neighbors and general acquaintances our(sic) outside a person’s normal travel routine"
To clarify:
"Though the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of Arkansas (AG McDaniel) refused to precisely define the meaning of a journey, it seems his subordinates at the Arkansas State Police have kindly provided all of Arkansas’s citizens with a meaningful description of a journey.
According to the above statement, the act of openly carrying (or the concealing) of a handgun is completely free from prosecution unless a prosecutor can prove:
1.You are not still within your circle of neighbors, and
2.You are not beyond your circle of acquaintances, or
3.You are not outside your normal travel routine."
So it seems that under the law, Open Carry is legal if you meet the requirements above.
that's why I keep one of these under my driver's seat
CSI Conway
So I guess,
The open carry law was...
*dons sunglasses*
...shot down
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I took the liberty