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Originally Posted by ClydeFrog
As for printing, most uniformed cops or security officers who may see your M&P pistol may ask you for your valid CC license. If its a honest mishap or the wind I doubt you'll have trouble. Make a real effort to conceal your firearm if it's the PA law.
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But, as previously noted, it is NOT the law in Pennsylvania that you must carry concealed. Open carry WITH NO PERMIT is legal everywhere in PA except Philadelphia. To carry in Philadelphia, one must have a permit but, with the permit, you may carry openly or concealed.
There have been legal cases in PA establishing that, where carry is legal, the mere fact of seeing someone wearing a gun does NOT give an officer a legal basis to stop the person and demand to see a carry permit. Some Philadelphia cops still try to harass people who carry, but they always lose in court (if it gets that far). The city recently paid one young man $25,000 and entered into a consent decree promising to retrain their officers after one such false arrest.
I would strongly suggest that the OP join the PAFOA (Pennsylvania Firearms Owners Association) forum. There is a wealth of information about the legalities of open and concealed carry in PA on that site.