Open Carry Is Legal In Idaho

And a couple of home-schooled teens are making a point that that's how it is:

Zach Doty is raising eyebrows by taking the Second Amendment for a walk. Doty, who turned 18 last month, has been stopped by police twice in the past month after citizens spotted him with a loaded 9mm Glock pistol in a hip holster in plain view. No citations were issued because Idaho code allows residents 18 and older to openly carry a firearm in public. To carry a concealed weapon, you must be 21 and have a permit.

The second time officers checked out Zach -- on Sunday at Poleline and Greensferry -- his 15-year-old brother, Steven, was carrying a .22-caliber rifle in a sling on his back. Again, there was no wrongdoing because teens 13 to 17, with parental permission, are allowed by Idaho law to carry a rifle.

The local cops seem to be taking a pretty reasonable approach to the situation: they still investigate reports of people with guns, but passing out a picture of the Dotys to all the police so they'll recognize them. After all, they're just legally exercising their rights.

And now that they mention it, it is "keep and bear arms", isn't it?