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still_one

(92,408 posts) Mon Jun 15, 2020, 04:41 AM Jun 2020

I didn't realize that Washington State is an open carry state. Really surprised me

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I didn't realize that Washington State is an open carry state. Really surprised me (Original Post) still_one Jun 2020 OP

Fun facts from the google machine ... mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #1

31 states open carry withOUT permit, wow! That's all. Wow. Hortensis Jun 2020 #3

Me too. Of course, east of the coastal mountains it's more like Idaho Hortensis Jun 2020 #2

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Fun facts from the google machine ...

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 05:00 AM

Jun 2020

Five states (California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and South Carolina), as well as the District of Columbia, generally prohibit people from openly carrying handguns in public places. Thirty-one states allow the open carrying of a handgun without any license or permit, although in some cases the gun must be unloaded.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

3. 31 states open carry withOUT permit, wow! That's all. Wow.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 06:29 AM

Jun 2020

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. Me too. Of course, east of the coastal mountains it's more like Idaho

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 05:53 AM

Jun 2020

or Wyoming than the lush, heavily populated, tech counties. Big political polarization. I used to have family in Seattle and Spokane. Spokane's always been such a lovely little city with gardens everywhere, public and private, but I wouldn't even consider moving there now. Way beyond tired of it.

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