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Guns on public grounds a complex issue
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"The right to bear arms isn’t a novel concept in American society. But today, citizens and legislatures continue to ponder: to what places does the Second Amendment extend? Do individuals have the right to bear arms wherever they’d like, or only in designated areas?"
"On Monday, the Wyoming House of Representatives approved legislation that would allow individuals with concealed gun permits to carry firearms into public schools and government meetings."
"The bill, which the Senate still needs to approve, would repeal 'gun-free zones' around schools, from the elementary to university level. Seven other states have provisions permitting concealed weapons on public college and university campuses ..." ... |
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Millwright66
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| It seems this comes down to a "confidence" issue, "confidence" in government, that is. With over 20K gun laws in force, plus a vast local/state/federal bureaucracy with limitless access to our every communication, thought and expression we ought to be able to certify a minority of stalwart citizens of our communities. And, if the vast machinery of government does so, why should us ordinary citizens be concerned with their judgement ? This is the same system certifying law enforcement officers (with powers of arrest and use of lethal force) as safe to walk among us unhindered. |
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| No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion. — James Burgh, Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses [London, 1774-1775]. |
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