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upaloopa

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2. I was thinking this morning to myself, do we
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:01 AM
Jun 2014

have a right to not have guns in our presence?
The gun nuts say they have a right to carry guns anywhere and some openly. But what rights do we have to public safety? Can a case be made that guns should be banned in public places and places of business unless the owners state otherwise? Recently we had two stories of guns being found in stores where a child could have picked them up.
This would not prohibit owning guns just where they can be carried. The SCOTUS said the second amendment was not absolute. I would be in favor of not banning guns if I did not have to come in contact with the gun nuts carrying loaded weapons near me. Yes I said gun nuts as in gun fetish.

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