Open Carry and Constitutional Rights

If you want to open carry a firearm, you best be polite. It also helps to know the law, your rights, and what to expect. To that end, we discuss Constitutional limitations on police actions where open carrying is legal. (NOTE: Not every police officer will know, recognize, and respect your Constitutional Rights. We all know Read More …

An Open Letter to Chairman Horton, Spartanburg County Council

Dear Chairman Horton: At the Monday County Council meeting I was scheduled to be the fourth public speaker. Disregarding Spartanburg County Council Rules of Procedure 5-1.1, you avoided my name on the agenda. Rather than listen to a speaker with the professional training to answer the claim of ‘no legal means to address gun-fire,’ you Read More …

Guns and Gag Orders

The International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is the Federal law that prevents the export of military items such as submarines. Unfortunately, Congress decided it would be wise to use the exact same tools and regulations to prevent the export of data related to military items and military services, i.e. training on how to use Read More …