Reply #61: no, it wasn't. as ample case law demonstrates

[paulsby]

why do you dismiss rule of law and legal precedent? i am in WA state, also a right to carry OPENLY (as well as concealed iwth a permit) state, and the case law both on the state and federal level is clear.

a handgun, carried openly in a holster, is a demonstration of one's civil right and it is NOT a threat to anybody.

i happen to carry openly nearly every day. it's a job requirement. civilians (in my state) have the same right. period.

people unfamiliar with open carry, or ideologically opposed to it, are FREE to FEEL threatened, but the case law says that this apprehension is UNreasonable and does not vitiate a person's civil rights - to carry openly.

some racists may feel threatened to see a black man walking in their lilly white neighborhood at 2 am. that does NOT make it illegal. similarly, many anti-gun folks do feel (irrationally) threatened by open carry. tough.