I've been open carrying for the last week...

[MEH]

I still have a few weeks until I'm old enough to get my LTCF. So, I decided to exercise my right to open carry... I've had more than a dozen people ask about my pistol. When they ask, I tell them that I'm lawfully exercising my 2A rights and my PA right to open carry. I've also been giving out the "Your Pennsylvania Gun Rights ~Handy flyer about carry".

Most of the people who ask seem very open to the idea.


I've had people who say "I wish I could do that" from New York and New Jersey.

I've had some foreigners ask about it (British, Australian, German, also some Eastern Europeans), for the most part they seemed fine with it... Surprised though.

I've also had a few retired police officers ask about it, they were all very pro-gun, and they had no problem with me carrying a gun.

It's definitely been an interesting experience.

[reverserboy]

You know the law as it relates to firearms & vehicles......right?? We don't want to see anyone get jammed up.

On your 21st birthday apply for the license.

In the meantime....be careful.

[Curmudgeon]

Very nicely done!

Thanks for posting this and for your work as a 2A ambassador! I hope your experiences continue to go this well.

So far, all my experiences have been positive (knock on wood!) and I have handed out many flyers as well.

Maybe some of our attempts at 'normalizing' are taking root?

[HiredGoon]

I still have a few weeks until I'm old enough to get my LTCF. So, I decided to exercise my right to open carry... I've had more than a dozen people ask about my pistol. When they ask, I tell them that I'm lawfully exercising my 2A rights and my PA right to open carry. I've also been giving out the "Your Pennsylvania Gun Rights ~Handy flyer about carry".

Most of the people who ask seem very open to the idea.

I've had people who say "I wish I could do that" from New York and New Jersey.

I've had some foreigners ask about it (British, Australian, German, also some Eastern Europeans), for the most part they seemed fine with it... Surprised though.

I've also had a few retired police officers ask about it, they were all very pro-gun, and they had no problem with me carrying a gun.

It's definitely been an interesting experience.

I don't believe I ever thought about it before, but concerning non-PA residents, from Joisey, NY or even Eastern Europeans for that matter... they can legally OC (on foot) as well?

IOW, do you need to be a PA resident to OC in PA?

I would say no, one does not have to be a PA resident. Is that correct?

[mrjam2jab]

All that in 1 week?!?

I've been OCing for couple months now...only 1 time was anything mentioned...and they didnt even say to me about it.

[MEH]

I don't believe I ever thought about it before, but concerning non-PA residents, from Joisey, NY or even Eastern Europeans for that matter... they can legally OC (on foot) as well?

IOW, do you need to be a PA resident to OC in PA?

I would say no. Is that correct?

It says in the flyer "You do not need to be a resident of PA to open carry".

I presume that it's legal for a non-resident to open carry.

[MEH]

You know the law as it relates to firearms & vehicles......right?? We don't want to see anyone get jammed up.

On your 21st birthday apply for the license.

In the meantime....be careful.

Yes, I know that you can't open carry in a vehicle without a LTCF.

Thanks for the concern.

[MEH]

All that in 1 week?!?

I've been OCing for couple months now...only 1 time was anything mentioned...and they didnt even say to me about it.

It's one of the advantages of living in a tourist area... You meet people from all over the USA and the world.

[leeam]

Yes, I know that you can't open carry in a vehicle without a LTCF.

Thanks for the concern.

You're probably going to have a bad day if you get caught with a handgun in your car at all without a LTCF unless you're on your way to gunshop/gunsmith/range.

EDIT: don't quote me on that. I very well could be wrong and I'm trying to find the exact source of that in the law. I thought you could only transport a handgun in a vehicle without a LTCF to a handful of locations.

EDIT2: I can't find it in the reference library on PAFOA, so I'm probably wrong, but I'm not sure enough to bother deleting this post.

[Curmudgeon]

You're probably going to have a bad day if you get caught with a handgun in your car at all without a LTCF unless you're on your way to gunshop/gunsmith/range.

He said he knows that.