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    Default Carrying, the State of Emergency, and the Supreme Court

    Obviously, we all know that this happened:

    "We find no justification for the notion that a police officer may infer criminal activity merely from an individual’s possession of a concealed firearm in public,” the state high court said. “Absent some other circumstances giving rise to a suspicion of criminality, a seizure upon that basis alone is unreasonable.”

    Some people are barred from gun ownership, and a license is required for a concealed firearm, the court said. But “there is no way to ascertain an individual’s licensing status, or status as a prohibited person, merely by his outward appearance.”"

    TL;DR: cops can't stop you just for seeing that you are carrying a weapon.

    But, we've been stuck in an SoE for what feels like forever, prohibiting firearm carry for all unlicensed or exempted individuals.

    Does the SoE in any way provide law enforcement with an end-run around the Supreme Court's ruling, enabling them to stop and detain (or more) individuals who are visibly carrying firearms?
    Last edited by ViperGTS19801; April 4th, 2020 at 06:48 AM.
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