Overland Park OKs new 'open carry' ordinance

[maskedman504]

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Overland Park's City Council decided Monday that it is OK for residents to walk down the street with a gun in plain view.

The city banned what is known as "open carry" of guns five years ago, making it against the city ordinance to carry a gun in a holster on a hip while walking on a sidewalk

After a legal opinion from the Kansas attorney general, city leaders revisited the issue Monday and voted 11-1 to overturn the ban.

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[303tom]

Edited....................

 

[mljdeckard]

Does the state have a pre-emption law?

 

[whtsmoke]

303 where does it say you have to have a hunting permit, just curious?

 

[maskedman504]

They had to, Kansas is just like the state of Missouri, we have "open carry" as long as you have a hunting permit you can carry a firearm in the open.............

Kansas, most assuredly, is not just like the state of Missouri.

 

[303tom]

I want to retract my statement, I was wrong...............

 

[Big Boy]

They had to, Kansas is just like the state of Missouri, we have "open carry" as long as you have a hunting permit you can carry a firearm in the open.............

This is incorrect information and will get someone in trouble. Neither state has preemption. Both are controlled by each individual cities ordinances.