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VA: Loudoun Supervisors Send Gov’t Building Gun Ban to Public Hearing
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As written, the regulation would ban firearms and ammunition from buildings or part of a buildings controlled by the county government, any county public park, any county recreation or community center, and any parts of any building being used for a governmental purposes, such as polling places during voting. It would not apply to sworn law enforcement, private security hired for county-permitted special events, active duty military conducting their official duties, historical reenactments, and managed hunts. Firearms could be stored out of sight in a locked private vehicle. |
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If the county wishes to ban guns inside its buildings, D.C. v. Heller recognizes their power to do so. However, in order for it to be constitutional, they must have effective screening at all public entrances and provide secure storage onsite for those with valid carry permits to insure visitors have the ability to protect themselves to/from the facility.
People don’t visit government buildings unless they have to. It isn’t like private businesses, where people are exercising volition to enter the property and can patronize a different business instead. |
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| The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the high powers" delegated directly to the citizen, and `is excepted out of the general powers of government.' A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the lawmaking power." [Cockrum v. State, 24 Tex. 394, at 401-402 (1859)] |
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