Argument:

California should allow open carry of firearms.

URLs for source:
1)http://oag.ca.gov/firearms/travel
2)http://traveltips.usatoday.com/gun-laws-california-travel-10565.html
3)http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Anchorage-Alaska.html
4)http://dps.alaska.gov/statewide/permitslicensing/concealedhandguns.aspx
5)http://gun.laws.com/state-gun-laws/oregon-gun-laws#sthash.IpYVettn.dpuf
6)http://civilrights.ehlinelaw.com/rifle-open-carry-laws/
7)http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/02/13/it-may-soon-be-easy-to-carry-permitted-
concealed-handgun-in-california/
8)http://www.washingtonpost.com/newssearch/search.html?st=open+carry+gun+laws&s
ubmit=Submit
9)http://smartgunlaws.org/the-second-amendment/

General overview:
I want to have an open gun carry law because places like Alaska who do have open gun
carry laws have a lower crime rate than here in San Diego. Many countries have already
allowed open gun carry and all of those countries have a lower crime rate than we have
here in San Diego.

Specific facts on the issue:
- transportation by motor vehicle any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being
concealed upon the person provided the firearm is unloaded and stored in a locked
container....does not include the utility or glove compartment. (1)
- Those with a concealed-weapon permit in a different state are not entitled to carry a
concealed weapon in California.(2)
- A car trunk is considered a locked container; a glove compartment box does not
qualify as locked container.(2)
- Those with a concealed-weapon permit in a different state are not entitled to carry a
concealed weapon in California.(2)
- Murder rate in Alaska is 15 murders in 1 year California is 45 murders in 1 year(3)
- Alaska's laws do not prohibit anyone 21 or older who may legally possess a firearm
from carrying it concealed. A special permit is not required.(4)
- No permit is necessary for purchase, registration of handguns is nonexistent, and
licensing for owners is not necessary for all firearmsv.(5)
- California law has never expressly authorized the ability to openly carry a weapon.(6)

- There are over 11 million concealed handgun permits nationally.(7)
- Police are very supportive of these rules. PoliceOne, with 450,000 members and the
largest organization of police officers in the country recently surveyed its members:91
percent of officers supported these shall issue laws. Almost as many sheriffs and police
chiefs feel the same way.(7)
- In San Diego, only about 700 out of 2.4 million can carry.(7)
- And in San Francisco, no one is granted a permit to carry a gun.(7)
- D.C. police chief says federal judge's invalidation of gun carry ban shouldn't affect
efforts

against criminals.(8)
- Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-
friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create.(8)
-A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The Second Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution (9)
- Targets request comes in the wake of similar moves from Chipotle and Starbucks, and
in each case it followed the same pattern: Open-carry advocates brought their assault
rifles into the stores, customers and staff freaked out, and the corporation decided to
make a request of its customers to leave their guns at home.(8)
- The rate of murders in vermont in one year is 3 also is not compared to the 45 in
california.
Possible Solutions:
-Look at the crime rates for states that have open gun carry laws
Work Cited
1. Harris, Kamala. Traveling With Firearms In California.OAG. 08 September
2014.<http://oag.ca.gov/firearms/travel>
2. Marks, Shannon. Gun Laws for California Travel. Demand media.08
September 2014 <http://traveltips.usatoday.com/gun-laws-california-travel-10565.html>
3. Crime rate in Anchorage, Alaska (AK): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults,
burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime
map. 2014. 08 September 2014
<http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Anchorage-Alaska.html>

4. Alaska Concealed Handguns, 2014. 08 September, Department of Safety
http://dps.alaska.gov/statewide/permitslicensing/concealedhandguns.aspx,
5. Micheal, Rifle Open Gun Carry Laws in california2014. 14 September,2014.
08 september,http://civilrights.ehlinelaw.com/rifle-open-carry-laws/
6. Mike DeBonis,Security, not street crime, at risk after gun ruling, D.C. Police
Chief Cathy Lanier 2014. 30 July, 2014. 08
September,http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/newssearch/?query=open+carry+gun+law
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