On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 19:02:06 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

"Ford," if there is a Ford, was full of **** from the first words of that
quote. There aren't 25 states that allow "anyone" to buy a gun and "strap it
on." There is exactly one state that does: Vermont. And if "strap it on"
doesn't mean to carry openly, then where do you strap it? Onto your dick?

Alabama(1);

Alaska(2);

Arizona;

Arkansas(3);

California(4);

Colorado;

Connecticut

Delaware(2);

Georgia


Idaho

Indiana

Iowa(5);

Kansas(2);

Kentucky;

Louisiana;

Maine;

Maryland(5);


Michigan(1);

Minnesota

Mississippi;

Missouri(2);

Montana;

Nebraska(2);

Nevada(2);

New Hampshire(1);

New Mexico;

North Carolina;

Ohio(2);

Oregon(2);

Pennsylvania(1)--Philadelphia(1,5);

Rhode Island(5);

South Dakota;

Texas(3);

Vermont;

Virginia(2)--Alexandria and some other counties (5);

Washington;

West Virginia;

Wisconsin(6);

Wyoming


1. CCW required for open carry in a vehicle

2. Additional restrictions may be at a local level

3. Only allowed when traveling

4. Only allowed with special permit or license; additional
restrictions may apply

5. Open carry requires CCW permit

6. Open carry prohibited in vehicle; permitted on person.

No 220-pound thug can threaten the well-being or dignity of a 110-pound
woman who has two pounds of iron to even things out. Is that evil?
Is that wrong? People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence,
they're begging for the rule of brute force, when the biggest, strongest
animals among men were always automatically "right". Guns end that,
and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make
it work.
- L. Neil Smith