Arkansas Carry plans ‘open carry’ protest walk (Updated)

[BlueToTheBone]

http://www.thecitywire.com/node/29046

Arkansas Carry members plan to make a statement on Aug. 24 about their disagreement with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s view that Act 746 does not allow open carry of firearms in the state.

Act 746, passed earlier this year in the regular session of the 89th General Assembly, made technical corrections to laws related to possession of handguns. In mid June, Arkansas Carry issued a statement saying the new law would allow for open carry of handguns in Arkansas on Aug. 16.

McDaniel’s office issued an opinion on July 8 saying that Act 746 does not make legal the open carry of a handgun. In the opinion, requested by Sen. Eddie Joe Williams, R-Cabot, McDaniel said just because someone may be going on a journey, which is defined as "beyond the county in which the person lives," it does not mean that they are able to openly carry a firearm on his or her waist.

"To the contrary, the journey exception applies only to 'travel beyond the county in which a person lives' – a narrow range of activity inconsistent with the concept of 'open carry,’" McDaniel noted in the opinion.

we have such fools in this state.

[onehandle]

1. Codpieces are cheaper and more stylish.--->

[otohara]

2. So Grateful We Don't Have OC

I'd never go out

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. Excepting my college years, I've never lived in a state WITHOUT open carry.

People very seldom avail themselves of the right. Outside of very rural areas, you almost never see open carry. I consider it about as much of a non-issue as one can imagine, really.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Seems like McDaniel's opinion was re-affirmed yesterday.

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/08/14/state-board-considering-guard-licenses-for-clarksville-schools

The Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Security Agencies has decided to follow the legal advice of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. This morning it suspended security guard commissions it had granted to school districts so that staff members could carry weapons.

One vote unanimously supported McDaniel's opinion.

A second vote suspended commissions of all people commissioned as a security officer while a school district staff member statewide. That vote applies to about 60 people, including 14 in Clarksville. The vote was 6-1. In 60 days, the board will have individual revocation hearings for all those with commissions.

[Wounded Bear]

4. The FGNs won't be happy...

until our society looks like a scene from a Hollywood western.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. At least Arkansas doesn't have a Stand Your Ground law

although some crazy Republicans want to change that