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364. If the area is a lawful gun range, I assume the open carry would be perfectly legal

without a special permit. The issue is really just a run-of-the-mill zoning dispute, and one that appears to favor the continuing use of the property as a gun range. The zoning board and courts will sort the matter out in due time.

In any event, if open carry is legal with a permit (I'm not personally familiar with CT carry laws), the police need more probable cause to demand the individuals present their identification and permit than just the fact they are open carrying, particularly given the number of people doing so and the obvious zoning issues, in order to protect themselves against harassment and related claims. For example, the police in Philadelphia, directed by the elected authorities, liked to hassle people who legally opened carried in a similar manner, and as a result have routinely had to pay-out civil judgments.

As I inquired earlier, you appear to believe that this matter presents an immediate and dangerous threat. Other than the general discomfort of some residents concerning firearms, have any incidents actually occurred to prove an actual threat exists, such as negligent discharges of any weapons, ancillary crime like drug dealing, armed assaults, or specific and directed threats of violence against neighbors other than the mere presence of people with weapons at what is arguably a gun range?