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Thanks for confirming what I thought I read. A few months ago I was in Top Brass and was listening in on a store employee and non LEO customer talking about this same issue. The store employee basically told the other customer batons were a no go for public carry, which is what I also thought at the time.

Did it change recently or was it always this way and I just failed to educate myself?

So, someone please help me out a bit.

If I am not mistaken they are not illegal to own, just not legal to carry in public? (ie. on your own property you should be OK?)

Now, from what has been posted so far about non-applicability, as long as you have a CHL and are carrying a gun it's legal to carry a baton in public?

I can see a use for it when I take the kids for a stroll in the neighborhood or riding bikes past a neighbor's house on the sidewalk.

I have never seen it, but some wild beast behind the fence barks up a storm. That thing must be huge. If it ever get loose and comes after us, its all over for him.

But, a baton might be a better option than a gun depending on the threat and other situational factors, (eventhough the use of both may be justified), if its an optional defense. A baton is still a deadly weapon, one whack on the head could kill someone/something.