Posted: 4/11/2007 2:32:24 PM EDT
I have 3 questions regarding carrying a firearm in the woods.
ETA: If you are on your own property is both open and concealed carry legal without CCW? |
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That’s going to depend tremendously on a whole lot of things. What state are you in? Who owns the property? Is it a National or State Park? Is it a wildlife refuge? As far as I know it should be legal to openly carry on private land with the permission of the owner most anywhere. But if it’s a public event the rules probably change. Then there are game laws to consider… |
In NC we have a law that they might charge you with called "Going Armed to the Terror of the Public". While we have an open carry state we also have frightened sheeple in our more urban areas. |
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As private owners of firearms, it is our civic duty to open carry where legal and appropriate and keep the public (and the violent thugs) acclimated to the fact that not everyone left in this country is a liberal pushover. I remember seeing a local farmer at the hardware store with a pistol, I was about seven, and asking my dad why he had a gun. Thats how I wound up here. 
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IMHO it would depend on whether the weapon was in a "loaded, ready state" or not. If it was determined to be "easily accessible" then I would think that CCW would apply. Aslo, if it's National Forest, watch yer ass... the NPS varies widely on it's support of RKBA - ie many NP's have shooting areas, but they don't recognize CCW permits. 
See above about "readiness". I would think that if you've got a Sub2000 broken down, then it wouldn't be "in a ready state", but I'm not the prosecuting atty.
Depends on where and when (designated shooting area, hunting season, etc.)
AFAIK you can carry a .50 up yer cornhole on your own land, if it suits you. As long as you stay on your own property it's fine. It's if you step off the curb (or "brandish" it) that the potential for official intervention begins. |
I don't think I'd be able to keep myself from laughing if a cop told me that was an actual crime - "to the terror of the public?". Drama. "No, officer, just because my fly is unzipped doesn't mean my schlong flopped out"  Seriously though, could a law get any more subjective? They might as well call it "being too scary". |