By ND law he was not open carrying, he was brandishing. You can link to Wikipedia all you want, my roommates are there with their guns... they actually... you know... asked locals. Fancy that.  As I have said, I would shoot anyone I see brandishing a gun like that while yelling at people (whether or not it is me) and following them home.  I am in a more gun friendly state than North Dakota, and me carrying a rifle like that would cause problems in town.  It is also an irresponsible way to carry. Hunters in the woods accidently shoot people while carrying, and they are doing it in town... around people?  Yet, you thing it is perfectly fine... and legal? Are we really so pro-gun that we will back irresponsible handling?  Craig and Dutton are lucky no one shot them, and lucky they didn't accidently shoot someone.  you may not like how he was handling his weapon, but that is still open carry no matter which way you try to spin it. open carry does NOT mean a gun must be holstered. infact, they were holding their guns up or down, not holding them to where they're pointed at anyone or anything but the sky and the ground. open carry is open carry. there should be an old saying of something like just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's illegal.      this is how they operate to attack gun laws in general. add to the fact that he's a target because he's a 'racist', and it's easy street to attack them because no one will give the benefit of a doubt.