{"id":130411,"date":"2020-06-17T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=130411"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:26:09","slug":"everytown-decries-open-carry-loophole-calls-for-nationwide-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-decries-open-carry-loophole-calls-for-nationwide-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Everytown Decries \u2018Open Carry Loophole,\u2019 Calls for Nationwide Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Everytown for Gun Safety called for banning open carry nationwide this week as part of its new \u201cOpen Carry Loophole\u201d factsheet<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty hilarious they way they position this issue in that factsheet.  Attacking a Constitutional right by framing it as a \u201cloophole\u201d that needs to be \u201caddressed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gun rights extremists are able to mount these intimidation campaigns because in most states it is legal to open carry loaded firearms at or around state capitol buildings or demonstrations. This is largely due to the absence of state laws prohibiting the open carry of firearms in public, commonly known as the \u201copen carry loophole.\u201d Few state legislatures have addressed the legality of the \u201copen carry loophole\u201d because responsible gun owners have not traditionally openly carried firearms in public.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The right to keep and bear (CARRY!!!<\/em>) arms shall not be infringed.\u00a0 It\u2019s written plain as day in the Constitution.\u00a0 Carrying arms in public, especially openly, is a protected individual right.\u00a0 The historical and legal literature on this is clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though it’s not known for its pro-gun legal minds, even The Yale Law Journal agrees<\/em> on this!\u00a0 Check out Jonathan Meltzer\u2019s rather exhaustive 2014 analysis entitled, \u201cOpen Carry for All: Heller and Our Nineteenth-Century Second Amendment.<\/a>\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to read all 42 pages<\/a>, but the quote from the abstract is telling, \u201cSuch a historical examination\u2014guided by the sources, methodology, and logic of Heller<\/em>\u2014yields two important conclusions: (1) the Second Amendment guarantees a right to carry outside the home, and (2) it guarantees only a right to carry openly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Taurus Shrinks the G3: Introducing the G3c for Everyday Carry<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yet, Everytown doesn\u2019t see it that way.\u00a0 They see open carry, particularly open carry of a long gun which is legal in 41 states, as a danger to public safety.\u00a0 The organization, funded by failed 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, is calling for state and local governments to do all of the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n