§ 5503. Disorderly conduct.
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if,
with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or
recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
1. Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous
behavior;
2. Makes unreasonable noise;
3. Uses obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture; or
4. Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any
act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor.
ADVISORY NOTE: Though this section does not deal with firearms,
due to the nature of this code, this law has been cited by
officers to suppress or discourage lawful open carry. Since a
person who is not licensed per §6109 or exempted by §6106(b)
MUST open carry their firearms on foot in order to avoid criminal
charge, nor is there any duty for anyone licensed to conceal their
handgun, open carry is not disorderly conduct. The open carrying
of firearms is not by itself threatening, nor does it cause a hazardous
or physically offensive condition. There are also two cases
that that specifically state that a person may carry a firearm
openly: Commonwealth v. Ortiz
and Commonwealth v. Hawkins.