Gun Owner 'Open Carries' On the Rise in Easton
Man with rifle in bank parking lot leads to police response, but his actions were legal.
There's no law against carrying a legal gun in the open in Pennsylvania. It's referred to as an "open carry," and it's something Easton police say is on the rise in the city. But what if your open carry takes you past a bank's drive-thru window? Well, that's when the police show up. This isn't a hypothetical situation. It's what happened to West Ward resident Andy Novick Wednesday when he purchased an old .22 rifle in downtown Easton and then walked it back to his car, which just happened to be parked in the Sovereign Bank lot on N. Third Street. Novick -- who occasionally blogs for this publication -- admits that he hadn't thought things through. "All of the sudden I realized, 'We're in a bank parking lot. This is definitely not cool,'" …
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Ronnie DelBacco
8:05 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Sponge_bob, Perfect answer! Thanks for that. I use a similar response with fire extinguishers. Logic and critical thinking are becoming extinct in our society and it is such a pleasure when I hear them deployed so responsibly. more ›