More Power to Ya!
by ::G @ 2009-08-18 10:40
Hey, I just saw this article on CNN about people protesting Obama while carrying openly. Awesome!! I love how the gentleman with the AR-15 is black, too—if he were white, the anti-gun CNN would call him a racist or some B.S. like that to be protesting Obama while armed. Of course CNN wrote "bullet clip", once again demonstrating their ignorance of proper firearms terminology. Furthermore, they described the rifle as an "assault rifle" which is almost certainly inaccurate, as it's highly unlikely that the fellow was toting a real machinegun. It is improper by definition to refer to a semi-automatic rifle an "assault rifle". Civilian-legal M16s run well over $20k because of the 1986 machinegun ban, which would be a lot to be carrying around in public. From the picture and video, the rifle looks like a slab-side (no forward assist), which is a rarity for civvie M16s. It also looks like a flat-top (the carry handle is obscured), which only showed up in later models like the M4, and it would definitely be semi-auto if so. Point being, get it right, CNN! You suck!
The guy has an EOTech holosight on his AR-15's front handguard rail. Sweet! Maybe Obama could come to Rochester so we could give him an armed protest also, haha! Well, I'm pretty sure it's not legal to carry long arms in public here, but we could do handguns—with the appropriate permit to carry, of course.
The guy has an EOTech holosight on his AR-15's front handguard rail. Sweet! Maybe Obama could come to Rochester so we could give him an armed protest also, haha! Well, I'm pretty sure it's not legal to carry long arms in public here, but we could do handguns—with the appropriate permit to carry, of course.


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Under Minnesota law, it seems that one may carry a rifle or shotgun openly if one has a permit to carry a pistol: see MN Statute § 624.7181 and 624.714. The former states that "carry" does not include "the carrying of a BB gun, rifle, or shotgun by a person who has a permit under section 624.714;" (Subd. 1(b)(3)). The latter is referred to by the former as the permit, and is the Minnesota Permit to Carry law. 624.714 doesn't specifically state that it applies to rifles or shotguns, but 624.7181 does. Of course one should consult a lawyer and/or the police before testing the law. Often what is written and what is practiced are two different things.
Vin Suprynowicz has a great takedown of this incident. Vin contacted Chris Broughton, the black man bearing the AR-15, about his media exposure, and includes some of the interview in the article. Also, I like the analogy of "universal motoring" with concealed carry, as it certainly makes logical sense.