He reads and obeys the laws in the areas he travels to and thorough. Understands the laws, and changes his carry to conform with the local laws.

Nothing scary about that.

Terrify me in fact.

...which are all the states on the map in yellow, orange or green.

(except the ones I mentioned that should be red)

NON Open Carry states/cities/areas...

-MA
-NJ
-MD
-NC
-IL
-FL

-NYC/Long Island
-DC

-CA - rural open carry (hunting, hiking)
-NY - rural open carry (hunting/hiking) varies by county

That's a total of 8 of states in which there are cultural or legal prohibitions, and two (CA and NY) depend on where in the state you are located.

But in Allegany and Garrett county, it's common to see open carry. Rifles and handguns.

I don't know if it's legal but I've seen them in restaurants typically during hunting season.

The word restaurant is loose, more along the lines of small breakfast places.

Not for non-res, however, same as NY.

****Technically****, if you have a Maryland issued "wear and carry" permit...the law does not specifically prohibit open carry. However that's a moot point because a) so few people can get permits and b) even with a permit if you OC in MoCo, HoCo, PG, Baltimore City/County, I can guarantee you will be taking a ride and you will be charged with something.

There is no statewide prohibition on the open carry of long guns, ***technically**, but again, it's one of those situations where you will be taking a ride and charged with something.

Having said that, people can and do carry on property they own.

'drive around' states.

As in drive around it by going from Pennsylvania to West Virginia.

Unfortunately, New York is that way for anyone not from New York.

New York does not issue non-resident licenses, which sucks.

It's an embarrassment as a gun owner how these states treat non-residents.

I've had more than enough incidents with the police. I've been a victim of gun crimes more than once. Being threatened by people with guns was a good part of my life. I also know people that have killed themselves, in front of family, with guns.

Honestly and sincerely - that is certainly likely to influence one's viewpoint.

I do not support the open carrying of larger firearms such as rifles and shotguns - except while engaged in sport shooting/hunting.

Walking the street or getting food with a slung rifle - I believe that is done for shock value, mostly.

I am not comfortable with people who arrange rifle-carry protest marches, although they may work, such as in Texas.

Handguns, however are part of American culture. Oddly, one can avoid seeing firearms by living in urban areas, but they are generally more violent places!

For decades. So many times I don't have a clear recollection of one incident they all blend together. He also threatened my Mother and my children with them. As he got older, he did it more and more. We would take them away, and he would get more. He refused to be diagnosed for any mental illness, so we could not take his rights away, so he could and did buy guns both illegally and legally..

that must have been horrible.

I appreciated your openness to discuss things of such a personal nature.

...he was breaking the law. Similarly, if he was buying guns illegally, as you claim, he was, obviously, breaking the law.

You could have notified the authorities at any time and had him charged with, apparently, various crimes -- a conviction of any of which may well have prevented him from legally owning firearms, a diagnosis for mental illness notwithstanding.

Why you didn't report these numerous illegal acts is your own concern, of course, but had you done so, his rights could, in fact, have been taken away.

Trust me on that. "He's an old man, you don't want to do that to him do you?" Said the police after one incident. "Not him?" Said the police after he drove by my house and fired live rounds into it. Hilarious how he would do the craziest ass shit and the cops would do nothing, or believe him when he would spin the incident to where me, or my kids were threatening him and claim self defense. In court he would put on his blue blazer and a handkerchief and he would sway the judge into thinking me, and my Mom were the insane ones, even with a litany of violent acts to reference, not just against family members.

....especially when you are behind them.

Plenty of big-assed diesel trucks showing up at auto broker lots in Texas now that the shale oil rapine has conked out. The usual "Get a 40k vehicle because this $ will last forever." Get laid off, go back to $8/hr, and let the truck go.

....should be more places.

Thank you.

The 'binder' contains (in the handgun license section) at least the following...

- Duplicate copies of my New York license and all non-resident licenses

- Memoranda of Understanding of Handgun License Reciprocity for the states that have reciprocity with the states I am licensed for.

- A general description of state culture with regard to open carry, from opencarry.org

- A compilation of state laws relating to firearms from the NRA/ILA

- The binder is not only for my use, it is to hand to a police officer if necessary - many cops do not know the law of their own states as well as many licensed civilians do.

It's not uncommon to see hunters/fishermen/campers/hikers open carrying when they come into town to go to the local restaurant/hardware/sporting good store. The town cop drives right by them in the street. Nobody gets excited. I think the media has done a good job of sensitizing people and creating hype about them. Then again, several years ago people didn't worry about locking up their houses or cars either. I've been to Chicago, NYC, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle....; in the cities people seem to be in competition for everything including space, light and air.

Where is that?

Nobody gets excited.

planning a trip for the fall.

All the crappy weather gets filtered out on the west side of the mountain range.

South west Asheville (the city) is the only bad section of the neighborhood to avoid.