The Citizens Voice newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., has reported that the operator of the pro-open-carry site paopencarry.org. was detained by police after having his gun confiscated.
Richard Banks was eating at at Old Country Buffet when Dickson City (Penn.) Police arrived, detained Banks, and took his gun, which he was openly carrying.
While other patrons complied with a request to produce a driver’s license, Banks refused. When police told him he would be arrested for refusing to provide a driver’s license, Banks said he initially thought they were just trying to persuade him to hand over the identification. People openly carrying guns are not required to show identification.
He spent the next hour in a police car, his hands cuffed behind his back, and his wife and two young children watching. He was later released and retrieved his gun from police without incident a couple of days later.
Banks, a gunsmith, owns Frontline Armory in Mountain Top. Banks said he has openly carried throughout the area and never had an incident. Banks said he prefers to wear his gun openly and let people see it’s legal.
