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NYC isn't bad at all - it's cleaned up a lot since the old days when there were sections of "no mans land", and the Times Square area which used to be x-rated movies and all that stuff is pretty tame, too. Lots of nice, safe walking around areas - even at night.

Thanks again for all the good advice.

I didn't realize that the aquarium was back in business, post-Katrina. And thanks for the tip on the WW II museum, too. The thugs and homeless stuff can be a problem all over - I'm pretty street-wise - grew up in NYC. With what I've read here and elsewhere about open carry being legal but the cops picking ya up if ya do, just cause they don't like it, seems like at least some of the LEOs there are as much of a potential problem as the bad guys. And with all the eating we plan to do, we won't be able to run too fast.

So, if it's not illegal to open carry in LA, what happens to all the people that they pick up for open carry in NO?

Thanks for all the information, guys. On the issue of OC being technically allowed but probably frowned on by LEOs, I also called the NOPD and they referred me to LA State Troop B - I called them, and the Trooper told me that there are no open carry provisions in LA. Not wanting to be a test case in a NO jail, I'll carry concealed while I'm there.

We're flying to New Orleans in a few weeks - I know about the procedures for taking a gun on a plane in checked baggage.

We don't drink so we won't be cruising bars - it'll primarily be walking around and eating at restaurants near the French Quarter - while in New Orleans with my CHL and carrying a weapon concealed, what are the main differences between Louisana (New Orleans) concealed carry and Texas concealed carry?

Can I open carry in New Orleans with a Texas CHL?

Thanks!

Joe