Permitless carry laws raise new dilemmas for police officers
In majority of states, it’s legal to have a loaded gun in public places
By Associated Press
Published: October 29, 2022, 6:12pm
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police saw Carmon Tussey walking briskly toward a crowded Louisville bar carrying a semi-automatic weapon.
With people running away, officers moved in, service weapons drawn. They put the 26-year-old in handcuffs and confiscated his gun. Tussey was later charged with terroristic threatening, wanton endangerment and disorderly conduct, prosecutors said, and could face 20 years in prison.
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