# Person openly carrying an AR-15. Reasonable articulable suspicion of crime?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 27, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-openly-carrying-an-ar-15-reasonable-articulable-suspicion-of-crime/823583 "2018-10-27T10:00:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-openly-carrying-an-ar-15-reasonable-articulable-suspicion-of-crime/823583/31 "2018-10-27T18:31:54Z")

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> [@DavidwithanR](#):
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> There is no reason to OWN that gun other than a murder plot. Openly carrying it is not even required; merely wanting to buy it is sufficient for questioning.

This post is sheer is ignorance on display.

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