Concealed Carry/Open Carry

[G19man]

If you have a CCW permit are you allowed to carry open also?

[Moviestar]

You can open carry unless there is a law that specifically prohibits you from open carrying, you dont need your ccw permit. or if you city/municipality has laws banning it. I think Breckenridge, Boulder, and Denver ban open carry. But if you open carry you can get charged with things like criminal trespassing, menacing, harassment, ect. (thats what i heard over at RMGO).

Feel free to correct me if im wrong.

[Irving]

You aren't going to be charged with criminal trespassing unless you don't leave an establishment after being asked/told to leave. Similarly, you won't just get a menacing or harassment charge from walking down the street, there is always more to it than that.

[Moviestar]

You aren't going to be charged with criminal trespassing unless you don't leave an establishment after being asked/told to leave. Similarly, you won't just get a menacing or harassment charge from walking down the street, there is always more to it than that.

ive just read of both of those situations happening with open carry, which is why i put them in.

[Irving]

I wouldn't be surprised to have an officer tell me that people were scared and felt menaced, but I'd be surprised to have one actually try to press charges. Depends on the situation though. If you even point at your gun, or say, "I've got a gun." anything like that and it is considered menacing. Like I would advise against getting into a screaming match with a manager at a restaurant (or anyone) while you were open carrying.

[Moviestar]

@ op, it would be a lot easier if you just carried concealed i think. safe your self a potential headache.

[DD977GM2]

@ op, it would be a lot easier if you just carried concealed i think. safe your self a potential headache.

HUGE +1
Save yourself the headache. I was in Bailey when a POS animal control retard saw the gun cases in the bed of my truck and called 911 because I had guns. I was OC and she flipped the fuck out and CHP was cool about the whole thing and realized this chick with animal control was fucking retarded.

[RMGOdirector]

Just to be clear:

Acquiring a permit to carry does NOT relinquish your right to open carry.

So many instructors teach that "if you carry concealed, you must be concealed" is crap. There is no such restriction.

That being said, there are some municipalities that restrict/ban open carry. For that, you can thank the NRA.

SB03-025 (the preemption bill) could have stopped all municipal open carry laws. Instead, it carved out open carry as an exemption to preemption.

I should know -- I was the lobbyist that fought against this (as well as dozens of the NRA's compromises on concealed carry).

[TFOGGER]

Just to be clear:

Acquiring a permit to carry does NOT relinquish your right to open carry.

So many instructors teach that "if you carry concealed, you must be concealed" is crap. There is no such restriction.

That being said, there are some municipalities that restrict/ban open carry. For that, you can thank the NRA.

SB03-025 (the preemption bill) could have stopped all municipal open carry laws. Instead, it carved out open carry as an exemption to preemption.

I should know -- I was the lobbyist that fought against this (as well as dozens of the NRA's compromises on concealed carry).

Welcome to the forum! Concealed/open carry issues come up periodically, and it is good to have someone that knows the law to weigh in and help clarify things!

[DeadElephant]

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