KBCraig wrote:WildBill wrote:Maybe an LEO could assume that anyone OCing has control over the premises? Or maybe their primary responsibility is security?
If their primary responsibility is security, they'd be in violation for not having a commissioned security license. Or if they did have the license, they'd be in violation for not wearing a distinctive uniform with all the right patches.
The idea of employees behind the counter being in control of the premises is iffy, at best.
Instead of looking for non-existent exceptions in the Code, or trying to apply exceptions that either obviously don't apply or would be tenuous, everyone needs to accept the basic truth of this issue: open carry is currently not legal in a gun store, in a gun show, or at a barbecue with the host's blessing. People don't get prosecuted just because those things fall into the realm of "that's the way we've always done things", and "everyone knows that's not what the law means".
Although I suspect that at the "wrong" sort of barbecue, police would absolutely charge guests with gun violations.
if the person was given permission or ordered to open carry by the owner what is the difference he is then acting on the behalf of the owner or whatever the case may be but as for me we dont get that option
on a side note im told most of the stores you see open carry in the guns are unloaded and are used as a selling tool
What did you mean?
