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In reply to the discussion: Elementary school locked down after open-carry dad keeps on showing up with gun [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)63. So what?
They already have him a warning.
So what?
The gun doesn't need to be on school property.
We don't have a department of needs. When we do, you might take it up with them. Until then...
He may have a right to carry, but they have a right to ban him from carrying it on there, when safety outweighs self interest.
Wrong.
As agents of the state, they don't have any rights in this context, they have powers.
Powers are those things governments have, which are opposite to and at odds with rights.
As agents of the state, their power should be restricted by amendment 2, just like every other government agency.
And, just like amendment 1, the point was never to protect conduct which is popular.
Popular conduct doesn't need protection, right?
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Elementary school locked down after open-carry dad keeps on showing up with gun [View all]
eridani
Dec 2015
OP
The school has no reason to just accept that the guy with a gun won't start shooting.
djean111
Dec 2015
#5
You mean 100+ million gun owners would find it necessary to open carry in a school?
djean111
Feb 2016
#71
If someone we're to start shooting a "Gun Free Zone" sign won't hold them back.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#73
I'll wager a bunch of adults running around in panicked hysterics is more upsetting than a gun.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#41
Where I live OC is fairly common. There isn't a child within 50 miles of my home that
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#45
People shouldn't be allowed to abrogate the law based on practiced phobias.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#62
Yes, armed backup. Here's a photo of the double murderer and her armed backup in a restaurant.
stone space
Feb 2016
#37
The young woman is black in this photo went on to shoot her husband and adult
flamin lib
Feb 2016
#54
Maybe controllers are like Leland Yee: make guns illegal to boost their share of the black market
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#74
Some people are more interested in making a point than in protecting themselves or others.
Jester Messiah
Feb 2016
#33