Can your revolver be loaded when carrying?
- Thread starter ejb4791
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Check ur local laws, don't listen to armchair lawyers. BUT myself I would not live in an area where u could not carry a concealed LOADED firearm, however there is areas in the USA where u can not carry any kind of firearm. Only the criminals can and ur local police. Is the police with you 24/7?
Of all the things u will ever hear on these forums remember this one statement I will make to you.( when seconds count, police are minutes away. )
The anti gun people just hate that statement because of the truth in it. I hope that this fulfills ur desire for more light on the truth.
Of all the things u will ever hear on these forums remember this one statement I will make to you.( when seconds count, police are minutes away. )
The anti gun people just hate that statement because of the truth in it. I hope that this fulfills ur desire for more light on the truth.
There are no stupid questions, although there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
Just kidding, of course. But, yeah, check your state and local laws. Here in Arizona, we can't fathom carrying unloaded because what good is an unloaded gun? However there are certain places that you cannot go with a gun loaded or unloaded. So it's important to get the technicalities straight.
Just kidding, of course. But, yeah, check your state and local laws. Here in Arizona, we can't fathom carrying unloaded because what good is an unloaded gun? However there are certain places that you cannot go with a gun loaded or unloaded. So it's important to get the technicalities straight.
DemocratGunOwner
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Thirding: Check your local laws.
Example: Oregon. In most of Oregon, loaded open carry is perfectly fine without a permit. In a few cities, open loaded carry is not permitted, but open unloaded carry is. In all of Oregon, if you have a Concealed Handgun License, you may carry loaded open or concealed anywhere - local prohibitions do not apply to CHL holders. (Private property is another matter, of course.)
I always say it as "There are no stupid questions - only sarcastic answers."
Example: Oregon. In most of Oregon, loaded open carry is perfectly fine without a permit. In a few cities, open loaded carry is not permitted, but open unloaded carry is. In all of Oregon, if you have a Concealed Handgun License, you may carry loaded open or concealed anywhere - local prohibitions do not apply to CHL holders. (Private property is another matter, of course.)
I always say it as "There are no stupid questions - only sarcastic answers."
Tucker's Mom
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Always in condition 1 .
Hey ejb: Gotta give you credit for asking a question you understand as probably being open to sarcasm. I always believed that if you do not know something, odds are someone else does not know the answer either. I sat in classes from high school thru 2 graduate degress and I cannot tell you the number of times I asked the "question" that no one else seemed to have the guts to ask. Good for you. Even on this thread, there were replies that were surprisingly informative even though my first thought on the question was "ya gotta be kidding". Keep up the questions--some will give you sarcasm but others will answer the question.
These questions come up occasionally on most every forum. I can't imagine carrying an unloaded gun but I can understand that some people are not as comfortable with firearms as others. I will venture that carrying unloaded is an almost sure invitation to losing your gun and/or being seriously injured in the process. That said, I've carried a fully loaded pistol for many years and have never encountered a situation in which the fact that there was a round in the chamber has made any difference. That situation might arise today for all I know so I'll still leave it loaded.
Gaucho
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You cannot open carry a loaded gun in Utah believe it or not unless you have a CCW. You can open carry with the magazine in an auto, but not 1 in the chamber. The bullet has to be 2 actions away from firing. In the case of an auto means, racking, then firing. With a revolver, depends on if double or single action. If double action the bullet needs to be 2 away. With a CCW in Utah, you can open carry loaded or CC obviously loaded.
Nightmare45
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Carry condition 1, an empty gun is a rock or club, in some states you cannot carry a club but can a rock.
Phillip Gain
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Always check your local laws...but...
I've never heard of any place that prohibited carrying loaded, when you were licensed to carry concealed.
I've never heard of any place that prohibited carrying loaded, when you were licensed to carry concealed.
Well, the OP did not mention licensed. Carrying concealed may have different meanings for different people. For example, in Washington state a person with no license at all may have a handgun in the glovebox of their car. Some people might consider that to be carrying concealed (not I, but some might). In the case of the person without a license, the handgun in the glovebox in Washington state must be unloaded.
I will agree with you, I do not know of any place in the United States where a person with a valid concealed weapons permit is not permitted to have the gun loaded.
I guess the answer to what some may consider to be a stupid question may be, have you actually thought like a legislator yet? although the question may seem totally off the wall, these legislators seem to have made a profession of coming up with off the wall stuff. i guess carrying a weapon unloaded would be one of those that, to the normal mind, makes no sense, then you hit yourself realizing legislators have no such credentials. Many have only the ideal of preventing concealed carry by anyone, and seek to make the practice as uncomfortable, unreasonable or undoable as they can as they work their magic in successive approximations. It's the kind of crap they are promoting as the UN's agenda to block gun ownership in a country governed not by the UN, but by a Constitution, part of which is clearly the 2nd amendment.
This just brought back some memories of my Navy days. All the watches that carried guns had to carry them unloaded.
When I was in it was a .45 or a pump shotgun, unless there was an actual security breach or drill, then it was an M16 or M14, still unloaded with mags in another pouch.
I always wondered what would happen if there was a real need to use that weapon. I may have been able to handle it as guns have always been a hobby of mine but most who stood watches had a hard time remembering which way the magazines went into the well.
KK
When I was in it was a .45 or a pump shotgun, unless there was an actual security breach or drill, then it was an M16 or M14, still unloaded with mags in another pouch.
I always wondered what would happen if there was a real need to use that weapon. I may have been able to handle it as guns have always been a hobby of mine but most who stood watches had a hard time remembering which way the magazines went into the well.
KK
