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<blockquote data-quote="mhphoto" data-source="post: 1493480" data-attributes="member: 6288"><p>Anyone catch the OC piece on FOX 23 last night? </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Packing-Heat-In-Oklahoma/nDc6FF_IYU2AmvyKsJaGZA.cspx" target="_blank">http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Packing-Heat-In-Oklahoma/nDc6FF_IYU2AmvyKsJaGZA.cspx</a></p><p></p><p>I went ahead and wrote a letter to Abbie Alford. </p><p></p><p>"Hello there,</p><p></p><p>I watched the piece on the proposed open carry legislation last night and I wanted to request that next time you do a report on SB129, should it pass the House, to include some statistics about open carry. </p><p></p><p>- 43 states allow some form of open carry. 71.86% of all Americans live in a state where open carry is legal in some form. </p><p></p><p>- 42 of those states allow open carry without regard to geographical area (I'm taking California out, as they only allow it rural areas)</p><p></p><p>- Of the 42 states where open carry is generally allowed, only 14 states require a permit to open carry (statutory age limitations in parenthesis): UT (18), MD (No age limit), MN (No age limit), IA (18), HI (No age limit), TN (No age limit), IN (No age limit), MS (18), GA (No age limit), MA (No age limit), CT (No age limit), RI (No age limit), NJ (No age limit), and MD (No age limit)</p><p></p><p>- Of the 28 states that allow unlicensed open carry, only one (1) has an age requirement greater than 18 years of age (New Mexico, where the statutory age limit is 19)</p><p></p><p>- Of those 28 states that don't require a license, 20 have laws that define the statutory age limit as 18 years or older (WA, OR, ID, NV, SD, AZ, CO, NE, KS, WI, MI, LA, AL, OH, PA, WV, DE, NC, VA, and KY). That's 40% of U.S. states and 33.73% of the U.S. population, just for laws similar to SB129. </p><p></p><p>- Of the 28 unlicensed open carry states, 4 have statutory age limit lower than 18: AK (14), LA (17), VT (16), and MT (14)</p><p></p><p>- A further 4 more states have no statutory age limit: WY, MO, ME, NH</p><p></p><p>Source for state-by-state open carry info: <a href="http://opencarry.org/opencarry.html" target="_blank">http://opencarry.org/opencarry.html</a></p><p>Source for percentages: 2010 Census data on state populations</p><p></p><p>I've been quite put off by the biased coverage of open carry issues over the past few years (I'm not referring to your piece, just in general). I often see that the people interviewed for opinions for these pieces are ignorant of just how prevalent not just open carry, but unlicensed open carry for law-abiding citizens eighteen and over. It would be refreshing to have some solid statistics to show people that open carry isn't going to turn our state into the Wild West, as the people who oppose these bills often suggest. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for your time,</p><p>XXXXXX"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mhphoto, post: 1493480, member: 6288"] Anyone catch the OC piece on FOX 23 last night? [URL="http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Packing-Heat-In-Oklahoma/nDc6FF_IYU2AmvyKsJaGZA.cspx"]http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Packing-Heat-In-Oklahoma/nDc6FF_IYU2AmvyKsJaGZA.cspx[/URL] I went ahead and wrote a letter to Abbie Alford. "Hello there, I watched the piece on the proposed open carry legislation last night and I wanted to request that next time you do a report on SB129, should it pass the House, to include some statistics about open carry. - 43 states allow some form of open carry. 71.86% of all Americans live in a state where open carry is legal in some form. - 42 of those states allow open carry without regard to geographical area (I'm taking California out, as they only allow it rural areas) - Of the 42 states where open carry is generally allowed, only 14 states require a permit to open carry (statutory age limitations in parenthesis): UT (18), MD (No age limit), MN (No age limit), IA (18), HI (No age limit), TN (No age limit), IN (No age limit), MS (18), GA (No age limit), MA (No age limit), CT (No age limit), RI (No age limit), NJ (No age limit), and MD (No age limit) - Of the 28 states that allow unlicensed open carry, only one (1) has an age requirement greater than 18 years of age (New Mexico, where the statutory age limit is 19) - Of those 28 states that don't require a license, 20 have laws that define the statutory age limit as 18 years or older (WA, OR, ID, NV, SD, AZ, CO, NE, KS, WI, MI, LA, AL, OH, PA, WV, DE, NC, VA, and KY). That's 40% of U.S. states and 33.73% of the U.S. population, just for laws similar to SB129. - Of the 28 unlicensed open carry states, 4 have statutory age limit lower than 18: AK (14), LA (17), VT (16), and MT (14) - A further 4 more states have no statutory age limit: WY, MO, ME, NH Source for state-by-state open carry info: [url]http://opencarry.org/opencarry.html[/url] Source for percentages: 2010 Census data on state populations I've been quite put off by the biased coverage of open carry issues over the past few years (I'm not referring to your piece, just in general). I often see that the people interviewed for opinions for these pieces are ignorant of just how prevalent not just open carry, but unlicensed open carry for law-abiding citizens eighteen and over. It would be refreshing to have some solid statistics to show people that open carry isn't going to turn our state into the Wild West, as the people who oppose these bills often suggest. Thank you for your time, XXXXXX" [/QUOTE]
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