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Do Guns Mix With Democracy? The Fight Over Firearms in Government Buildings
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Technically, the policy that allows New Hampshire residents to carry guns into the statehouse specifies that weapons must be concealed, but the rule is not always enforced. “People are used to it,” Representative John Burt, a Republican, tells The Trace. “Even people that are against it just look the other way.” For observers of the gun debate, the frequency of fights over such laws makes them hard to ignore. The issue of firearms in government buildings — statehouses, city council offices, townhalls, among others — has become a flashpoint in state and local governments across the country. |
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PHORTO
(3/5/2016)
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Opponents, like those against campus carry, have yet to produce any evidence whatsoever that lawful carry in public buildings, where it is allowed, has had any negative consequences.
There is none. Pointing this out should be pro forma to shut them up.
If they can't prove their contentions, then their contentions have no validity. |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(3/5/2016)
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Opponents, like those against campus carry, have yet to produce any evidence whatsoever that lawful carry in public buildings, where it is allowed, has had any negative consequences.
There is none. Pointing this out should be pro forma to shut them up.
If they can't prove their contentions, then their contentions have no validity. |
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