Did you know that in CT a person does not receive a "concealed-carry permit", but instead a person receives basically a simple pistol permit. This means, since it is not specifically noted, a person has the legal right to open-carry in CT. Open-carry, for the uninitiated, means out in the open. Like on your hip. In the open. Yes.
Oh, but wait. There's more.
You see, if a person legally open-carries in CT, they will 9 times out of 10 be arrested for "breach of peace", because the anti-gun crowd hates guns that much.
From CT News Junkie, dated 17 Aug 2011:
In Connecticut there is nothing in the law that explicitly prohibits anyone with a valid pistol permit from sauntering down Main Street with a revolver strapped openly to their waist. But the state’s top criminal justice official wouldn’t recommend it. Unless such a person was walking into a gun club, carrying a firearm openly in Connecticut will almost certainly attract the police and result in a breach of peace charge, said Michael P. Lawlor, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s undersecretary of criminal justice.
“In almost every situation you can imagine this happening in, it qualifies as breach of peace,” he said. “If you walk into a restaurant with a gun it’s almost by definition a breach of peace.” That results in an arrest and sets in motion a chain of events that usually results in the revocation of an issued pistol permit, he said. And that’s the way it should be, Lawlor said. Anyone who walks into a McDonalds plainly carrying a firearm either intends to alarm people or is irresponsible, he said.
Hmm. So the CT law says I can open-carry, but I will probably be arrested for it. Makes sense. I reckon the anti-gun crowd would prefer I conceal my firearm, like a common criminal would do? Hm.
And to stifle any ignorant disagreement about CT gun laws with me, here is linkage to The State Police Academy regarding open-carry in CT. Enjoy.
