Arkansas Open Carrier Convicted

By Bob Owens | 8:20 PM | August 27, 2015

An Arkansas man who argued that a revision to Arkansas law now permitted the open carry of handguns had his day in court… and lost.

Richard Chambless was arrested for carrying a gun into a restaurant. He was found guilty Tuesday on charges of carrying a weapon and disorderly conduct.

He was ordered to pay a $240 fine for the disorderly conduct charge.

On the weapon carrying charge, he was sentenced to 15 days in jail, plus one year of probation, and he also must pay a $2,160 fine.

Chambless’ attorney says they will appeal the judge’s decision.

Caleb Taylor of The Arkansas Project sat through the trial and took notes, and didn’t portray the court in a very favorable light.

The appeal should be interesting.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.