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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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| Those, who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people. — Aristotle, as quoted by John Trenchard and Water Moyle, An Argument Shewing, That a Standing Army Is Inconsistent with a Free Government, and Absolutely Destructive to the Constitution of the English Monarchy [London, 1697]. |
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