Off at the NRA convention

We will have won when concealed carry is allowed in all 50 states and it as easy to get a firearm as it is in say Nevada or Washington State.

AND there are no restrictions on where carry, concealed or otherwise, is allowed. (Yes I mean schools, churches, hospitals, police stations, public buildings generally, trains and buses; of course not jail cells, maybe not courtrooms; I'm still thinking about airplanes.) Generally, if a state can prohibit carrying a Bible or Koran someplace it can prohibit carrying a gun there, otherwise not absent a powerful state interest that can be met no other way, and such prohibited areas must be uniform nationwide.

Did they "tone it down" after the Brady Law and assault weapons ban were passed or did they continue to push for even more restrictions? We still have to work on universal carry and reciprocity, the Hughes Amendment, correcting the loopholes in FOPA, establishing punitive measures for government officials who attempt to circumvent 2A rights, etc. Or maybe they don't understand that when it comes to 2A rights, this *IS* the toned down manner of supporting them!!

wranglers,

"Any place you can lawfully go in the normal course of business", is the shorthand I use.

So, if it is an "off-limits to the general public", like an "employee's only" area, private property that does not welcome the public as part of its nature, or someplace with legitimately secured entry, such as locked doors or actual searching, then I don't have a real problem with carry being restricted.

But if folks, gov't or private, want to claim someplace is "sensitive" enough to bar carry but not "sensitive" enough to absolutely bar all access by the public, they better put their money where their mouth is and prove it with actual physical security, not just a sign.

And, if you didn't know, carry on planes was legal (only airline policy controlled) until 1971 and wasn't truly enforceable until magnetometers were mandated in 1973.

Note to Bloomberg:

We haven't won yet. The word "infringed" has a period immediately following it. There are thousands of federal and state infringements still in existence and those violate only the 2nd Amendment.

Don't even attempt to lull us into a sense of false security. We have a long way to go.

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Frank Washington has not been a gun-friendly State. And has been Very Unfriendly to NFA at least since Governor Lowry in 1994

I’m not necessarily convinced possession of a firearm should be allowed everywhere, per se. That being said, my opinion isn’t relevant here, it’s all about what our beloved-and-so-infrequently-followed Constitution grants as rights. And no, limiting possession of guns in any way isn’t listed as something the government is allowed to do. Whatever my opinion on the matter is, I have no legal ground to back it up. - Sarah