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- From: lklawson@acs.harding.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Carrying Weapons Laws - Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri
- Message-ID: <D8E17D82E0001A29@UALR.EDU>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:12:54 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Harding University
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <9211170812.AA03076@rutgers.edu>, wwarf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Wayne J. Warf) writes:
-
- #I believe that in all of the states mentioned, concealed and open
- #carry is illegal. As seen in discussions on here, even the Texas
- #travelling exemption is vague and is likely to lead to, at least,
- #an arrest depending on the jurisdiction you pass through. Ark. has
- #a prohibition against ready availability, in a car or anywhere off
- #your own property. I think you may have to keep them in the trunk
-
- I'm a College student in AR right now and there is an stipulation for carry
- that is left on the books from "the olden days." Acording to the cops I've
- asked down here, if you are going 50 miles or more along a rout that you do not
- normally travel, then you may wear your weapon loaded (not concealed). I'm
- pretty sure that this is indended for residents only and its intent is clearly
- based upon the assumption that someone going on a long trip may need to defend
- himself against bandits. I'm not exactly sure when this peice of legislation
- was penned but I believe that, at the time, the usuall form of locomotion was a
- horse.
-
- #on this trip. Such laws are very distressing to me as I have
- #to attend an academic conference in San Francisco next week
- #and one in Dallas in December. I'm not looking forward to either.
-
- Kirk Lawson
- LKLAWSON@ACS.HARDING.EDU
- Q: If a philosopher falls from his bed in the middle of the night and there is
- no one there to hear, does he make any noise?
- A: Yes. He says "@%!*$(*)%^$!"
-