"Four Southern states — Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Arkansas — are considering legislation that would allow people to carry handguns openly in a holster," reports Donna Leinwand of USA Today. It is perhaps surprising that these four states, all strongly identified with Second Amendment rights, lack such laws. Open carrying of guns is legal in most states, even those with laws prohibiting concealed weapons.
Florida and New York ban open carrying, but the four other states that don't allow it "are extremely gun-friendly. They understand the individual-rights aspect. Yet for whatever reason, the carry laws in these states are restrictive," says John Pierce, a co-founder of OpenCarry.org, which promotes gun rights.
Grass-roots organizations in support of open-carry laws have popped up on the Internet and through email campaigns. A petition in support of the bill has 55,000 signatures in Texas and OpenCarry.org has raised $25,000 in online donations. (Read more)
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