New Arkansas Ruling Throws Them Towards Permitless Carry

By John Falkenberg

Arkansas just took an enormous leap towards permitless carry.

As USA Carry reports, the carrying of a concealed firearm without a permit has been a legally gray area in the state, after the General Assembly enacted Act 746, which amended statute 5-73-120

“A person commits the offense of carrying a weapon if he or she possesses a handgun, knife, or club on or about his or her person, in a vehicle occupied by him or her, or otherwise readily available for use with a purpose to attempt to unlawfully employ the handgun, knife, or club as a weapon against a person.”

In other words, you can catch a weapons charge if you possess a weapon with the intent to commit a crime. That sounds straightforward until you consider the ramifications.

That means, theoretically, that if you carry a handgun without any intent to commit a crime, you’re fine.

That implication that Arkansas had made itself a permitless carry state has been made much more spelled out in a recent Arkansas Court of Appeals case in which they pretty much stated that Arkansas is a permitless carry state.

Spats McGee reported on The Firing Line about the incident, and he said …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation