Open Carry at the 2016 NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville, Ky

By Dean Weingarten

Before the NRA meeting, it was well known that open carry would not be discouraged. I entered Freedom Hall at the Louisville Kentucky Expo center this morning, as people were registering. Within a minute, I had spotted three open carriers, and managed to get pictures . . .

Drew and Susan Hebson were happy to have me take pictures of their open carried pistols. Drew said that when he and Susan had gone out for dinner the night before, they had seen quite a few people openly carrying holstered pistols. When others commented on it, he simply answered: NRA meeting.

While were were doing the photo shoot by an NRA table, a uniformed police officer was strolling by. I waved him over, to get another point of view. The officer said he could not give an official statement, but did not have a problem with an unattributed quote. He said that he did not have any problem with open carriers, and was seeing more today than at previous events. He volunteered:

“We (officers) think that if you are going to allow open carry without a permit, you should be able to conceal carry without a permit as well.”

Drew was carrying an FNH tactical …Read the Rest

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