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   Dale Hopson said, 7 months ago

   Just make the NRA another fraternity… lord, I pity pledge week!

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   motivemagus said, 7 months ago

   Okay, is this a restriction the pro-gun people can accept? No drinking and carrying?

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   GNWachs said, 7 months ago

   They also allow free speech, free assembly and a free press. Suggest you actually read the constitution’s second amendment and read the SCOTUS decision in Heller.
   Reasonable restrictions allowed, blanket rejections not allowed.

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   Tigger said, 7 months ago

   They are on the right Track.

   Criminals would avoid Texas College Campus’ like the plague because the Criminals would be afraid of being shot and killed before they were able to squeee off one bullet.

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   tracht47 said, 7 months ago

   I think non-criminals should avoid Texas college campuses. particularly on friday and saturday nights.

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   dtroutma said, 7 months ago

   Just talking to another ‘Nam vet yesterday about the fact that on a little weed we could still react, the drunks got killed if it hit the fan. Might be something to think about here.

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   fennec said, 7 months ago

   GNW, suggest YOU read the second admendment. There is no right for concealed weapons there, only the right for personal ownership of arms to maintain an armed militia.

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   GNWachs said, 7 months ago

   Dear Fennec.
   In the Heller case all 9 Justices specifically stated the right to keep and bear arms was an “individual” right not just a collective right. An armed militia has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with that right. The losers argued what you propose but they lost unanimously.
   Once again reasonable restrictions are allowed but they may not ban everyone from keeping and “bearing” arms. So you could say convicted felons and mentally ill may not bear arms but you cannot say no one can bear arms.
   Your entire argument was negated last year.

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   dtriedel said, 7 months ago

   Too bad.

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    Corosive Frog said, 7 months ago

    Look at the guy speaking on the right and then try to tell me guns aren’t owned to compensate a manly weakness :D

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    fennec said, 7 months ago

    Dear GNW
    I do not contest the right of an individual to bear arms. But the right to carry CONCEALED arms is the question at hand.I do not believe either of the sources you cite confer that right.

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    GNWachs said, 7 months ago

    Dear Fennec

    I see we are in agreement that an individual has the Constitutional right to “bear” arms. Notice the 2A says both the right to keep arms at home and bear them on your person. Is it your opinion that means that each of us is only allowed to wear a gun and holster openly around the waist? Is that better for you than the identical gun kept concealed under a suit /jacket coat?
    If safety is your goal I would think all weapons under a layer of clothing would be better than the weapon sitting on your hip.

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    Michigander said, 7 months ago

    Since students are some of many who binge drink, how about allowing only the staff, employees, and teachers be allowed to carry them. They seldom are drunk on the job.

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    cdward said, 7 months ago

    I’d prefer the guns not be concealed – it would be easier to know who to avoid.

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    motivemagus said, 7 months ago

    GNW - too bad most of the people favoring such an absolute view of the Second Amendment seem to be willing to ignore and edit the First.

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    ralphman said, 7 months ago

    I’ll drink to that. at least they’ll be able to shoot back!!!

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    GNWachs said, 7 months ago

    Dear Motivemagus

    Unfortunately, both ends of the political spectrum seem all too willing to compromise our Bill of Rights liberties. If you really believe the constitution means what it says join me and become libertarian (small l) in philosophy.

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    richgrise said, 7 months ago

    Gun control is Anti-American. It’s just that simple.

    By the way, the Constitution doesn’t “grant” or “confer” rights - your Creator endowed you with them. You got the rights “conferred” by being born human.

    The Constitution only grants certain limited powers to government; the Bill of Rights is there to PROTECT your Creator-given rights from government infringement.

    FWIW, I’m also a Libertarian.

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    tracht47 said, 7 months ago

    richgrise-When our founders wrote the constitution there were no such things such as automatic weapons or assualt rifles. Do you think that Ben Franklin or Thomas Jefferson would have wanted those weapons in private hands? But putting that aside, where would you draw the line? Do you think people should be able to own hand grenades or bazookas, etc? Are these God-given rights? Where do you stand?

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    motivemagus said, 7 months ago

    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Don’t see guns there.
    Perhaps the more appropriate quotation is “my right to swing your fist ends where it hits my nose.” While I am in sympathy with libertarians in general, I haven’t seen a good answer for that conflict without laws.

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    DALLASDAN said, 7 months ago

    There is serious talk down here about allowing concealed weapons on all school campuses

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    lindz.coop said, 7 months ago

    The day students start carrying guns into my classroom is the day I stop teaching and I know a lot of other profs who feel the same.

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    motivemagus said, 7 months ago

    Crud, I just realized I made a typo which rendered my quote meaningless. Let me try again: “My right to swing my_ fist ends where it hits _your nose.”

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    GNWachs said, 7 months ago

    Motivemagus wrote: “We hold these truths …” a beautiful heartfelt sentiment. But they are from the Declaration of Independence and have no force of law. The appropriate law of the land from the 2A “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. Any disagreement over the meaning of those words has been answered in Heller. Once again, all 9 Justices said that meant we had an individual right to keep and bear (not just a collective).
    In answer to your second question, the purpose of government is to protect against force or fraud.

    Tract47: when the Constitution was written there was no internet. Should Congress be able to ban any sentiment written by bloggers that they oppose? Our basic freedoms expand with he times.

    Lindzcoop: A lot of people at Virginia Tech would have far preferred if every student carried a weapon. Many many lives would have been saved.