Mississippi now allows Open Carry without permit.
Respectfully, I do not want 'Constitutional Carry' in MN
I want a threshold for carrying a firearm, and prohibitions for 'offenders'
All the rights are qualified (fire in theater) the overwhelming majority will benefit
from the exclusion from carrying of a very few.
For whatever reason 'Permit Holders' here and across the US are a remarkably law abiding group. and 'maybe'
we are 'excluding' just the right group of people.
It's a 'reasonable' compromise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Carry
1 U.S. States that have implemented Constitutional Carry
1.1 Alaska
1.2 Arizona
1.3 Arkansas
1.4 Vermont
1.5 Wyoming (for residents)
1.6 Oklahoma (residents of constitutional carry states)
2 U.S. States that do not require a license to carry but have limitations for unlicensed open and/or concealed carry
2.1 Idaho
2.2 Montana
2.3 New Hampshire
2.4 New Mexico
While everyone was watching news in Colorado during the final weeks of the recalls, Mississippi was instituting a new law to allow the open carry of firearms without a concealed carry permit.
House Bill 2 was passed in Mississippi's last legislative session and signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant (R), but put on hold in July when Circuit Judge Winston Kidd issued an injunction to have the legislature "clarify it."
On August 29 the Mississippi Supreme Court "unanimously upheld the... open carry law," setting the stage for it to take effect.
Fox News carried the Mississippi Supreme Court's ruling:
This court now finds that the circuit judge erred as a matter of law when he found House Bill 2 vague, and therefore, unconstitutional. He also erred when he stated that 'a reasonable person reading the bill could not discern what the allows and what it prohibits.'
State representative Andy Gipson (R-Braxton) sponsored House Bill 2. He says the ability of law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms for self-defense "confirms, in a very real sense, the right to keep and bear arms."
Adding to this, Governor Bryant said House Bill 2 reaffirms the right to keep and bear arms not only as set forth in the Bill of Rights, but also in Mississippi's constitution.
