"Robert Sturgeon" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:42:58 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
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"Jim Dauven" wrote in message
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Yea but you forgot that California has an open carry law and
leads the nation in murders as a state.

I didn't forget. California isn't an open-carry state. It's a "may-issue"
state that requires a CCW, just like New Jersey

Perhaps you're confusing "open carry" with "concealed carry."
California is not a "shall issue" state re concealed carry permits.
(In many counties the sheriffs are extremely willing to issue
permits.) It is, however, legal to carry pistols openly, barring
local ordinances and the propensity for the police to arrest people
for disturbing the peace or some other such trumped up charge.

The laws and local variables apparently are what preclude the several
sources I've checked from calling California "open carry."

Ed Huntress