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The Open Carry Library, by Mary Beth Chappell Lyles
A “no guns” policy, which, granted, might not effectively stop an armed assailant in the vein of the Santa Monica shooter (absent a metal detector or X-ray machine) but would prevent adverse reactions to casually carried firearms, might seem like a common sense measure or a library to enact in the cause of patron comfort. However, open carry laws several states, some of them recently enacted, and the deliberately increased visibility and activity of proponents of the open carry movement
challenge the ability of libraries to control the presence of guns within their walls.
The Movement
So what exactly is the Open Carry Movement? According to the website OpenCarry.org, the self-described “social networking portal for the open carry movement,” which proclaims the motto “a right unexercised is a right lost,” this movement works to protect
the “right to openly carry properly holstered handguns in daily American life.” OpenCarry.org references anthropologist Charles Springwood, quoting “open carriers are trying to ‘naturalize the presence of guns, which means that guns become ordinary,
omnipresent, and expected. Over time, the gun becomes a symbol of ordinary personhood.’” Another group, Georgia Carry, states through its website that the Citizens of Georgia and the United States have the right to own and carry the firearm of their choice for any reason other than to commit a crime.”
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The Open Carry Library, by Mary Beth Chappell Lyles
A “no guns” policy, which, granted, might not effectively stop an armed assailant in the vein of the Santa Monica shooter (absent a metal detector or X-ray machine) but would prevent adverse reactions to casually carried firearms, might seem like a common sense measure or a library to enact in the cause of patron comfort. However, open carry laws several states, some of them recently enacted, and the deliberately increased visibility and activity of proponents of the open carry movement
challenge the ability of libraries to control the presence of guns within their walls.
The Movement
So what exactly is the Open Carry Movement? According to the website OpenCarry.org, the self-described “social networking portal for the open carry movement,” which proclaims the motto “a right unexercised is a right lost,” this movement works to protect
the “right to openly carry properly holstered handguns in daily American life.” OpenCarry.org references anthropologist Charles Springwood, quoting “open carriers are trying to ‘naturalize the presence of guns, which means that guns become ordinary,
omnipresent, and expected. Over time, the gun becomes a symbol of ordinary personhood.’” Another group, Georgia Carry, states through its website that the Citizens of Georgia and the United States have the right to own and carry the firearm of their choice for any reason other than to commit a crime.”
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