MO & The Open Carry Debate

Not MO, MS. It was Mississippi that had the new carry law passed that defined what was always legal by the Mississippi state constitution (but ruled illegal in court) as legal.

Years ago a Mississippi court ruled that a pistol in a holster, even if carried open on a person's hip, was "concealed" by the holster and therefore was not legal unless the person had a license to carry a concealed weapon.

This legislation corrected that misinterpretation by specifically defining what was OC and therefore did not require a license, and what was actually concealed. (among other things, but this was the main point of the legislation)

A bunch of "D"s that did not like this legislation waited until the last minute (literally) to file for an injunction from a circuit court judge that had the same political views as they did, to block the implementation of the new law. Those game players are about to get shut down by the Mississippi Supreme Court and that was what I was looking for when I found your post.

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