California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules

Ninth circuit sides with gun owner that ban in counties with more than 200,000 people violates second amendment…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/california-ban-open-carry-unconstitutional 

 

At Protests Across America, Guns Are Doing the Talking - The New York Times

Armed Americans, often pushing a right-wing agenda, are increasingly using open-carry laws to intimidate opponents and shut down debate...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/us/guns-protests-open-carry.html

Masked Men With Semi-Automatic Weapons Swarm Kentucky Capitol Building | HuffPost

They were gun rights activists proving they have a right to terrify people. Twitter critics went ballistic.....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/automatic-weapons-nra-gun-control-kentucky_n_5e36477ac5b6f262332a9f38

'Open Carry' Laws Are Designed to Intimidate and Undermine Public Order, and Can Be Overturned | Alternet

In the new age of domestic terrorism, the right to display arms must be controlled....
http://www.alternet.org/how-open-carry-laws-intimidate-and-destabilize

Armed Trump Supporters 'Protest' Outside Virginia Dem's Campaign Office

Two Donald Trump supporters openly carrying firearms sat outside the campaign office of a Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia for nearly 12 hours on Thursday, according to CBS affiliate Newsplex in Charlottesville.

One of the protesters, Daniel Parks, told Newsplex that he held the protest to support Trump. "I'm just trying to provide a voice for someone who might be closet supporters of Trump. Other people that are a little worried to speak out because of possible persecution," he said....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-supporter-armed-protest-dem

Open Carry Failed in Dallas

The open-carry movement faced a very public test in Dallas last week. It failed.

While concealed carry can be championed ostensibly as a means of self-defense, open carry prioritizes performance over pragmatism. After all, openly carrying a firearm is an ideological statement more than a self-defense posture: It cedes the crucial element of surprise to an armed assailant. Open carry's true goal is to normalize extreme gun culture by making firearms familiar, visible and ubiquitous.

Last Thursday, more than a dozen participants in Dallas's Black Lives Matter protest came prominently armed. When shots from a sniper rang out, police officers had to discern instantly -- working in chaotic conditions, at night, under fire -- whether the armed protesters were murderous criminals or something else. Police stopped some of those carrying guns, and designated one a "person of interest." Trying to divine the intentions of the armed marchers diverted time and energy from the pursuit of the sniper.

This led Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to observe that, "in a shooting situation, open carry can be detrimental to the safety of individuals." That's true as far it goes, which is not nearly far enough: Open carry is detrimental to public safety, period....
http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-12/open-carry-failed-in-dallas