Idaho Open Carry

[jbirds1210]

From the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/biz ... 98216.html

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public are turning heads by touring Zoo Boise while packing guns on their hips.

Ten members of OpenCarry.org were allowed into the zoo Saturday after some initial confusion at the entrance about whether it was legal to bring an unconcealed handgun inside.

Group member Carol Schultz of Nampa says: "Coming to the zoo was something we could do together, like any family would."

Schultz says she's never without her handgun that she keeps in a holster attached to a heart-studded belt.

Zoo visitor Alex Lundgren of Boise questioned the group's decision to bring firearms.

He says: "Legal and appropriate are two different things."

[KC5AV]

I'd have to ask Alex Lundgren why the zoo is an inappropriate place for a handgun, especially in light of some pretty high profile cases where wild animals have escaped from their enclosures recently.

[Pinkycatcher]

I'd have to ask Alex Lundgren why the zoo is an inappropriate place for a handgun, especially in light of some pretty high profile cases where wild animals have escaped from their enclosures recently.

FOR THE KIDS!

[drw]

I'd have to ask Alex Lundgren why the zoo is an inappropriate place for a handgun, especially in light of some pretty high profile cases where wild animals have escaped from their enclosures recently.

Unfortunately, in this day and age, I'd predict that Alex Lundgren and his ilk would place the life of a lion or rhino above that of a human. It's just a guess, though.