Do guns at political events make sense? Is this a show of 2nd Amendment rights?
Yes, we have freedom of speech, but not the freedom to speak slander or to incite riots or to yell fire in a crowded town hall meeting.
Yes, we have freedom of religion but that doesn't give us the freedom to trigger mass suicide in religion's name.
Yes, the 21st amendment repealed prohibition but that doesn't give us the right to drink and drive or drink and abuse.
So we’re supposed to interpret the right to bear arms as a universal entitlement to carry weapons anywhere we please for any reason we please? Please.
The logical extension is that we can indeed incite riots and create mass hysteria in our drunken stupor so long as we have a constitutionally-protected firearm loaded and ready.
I’m proud not to be an Arizonian.
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Hi Joel: So, exactly "where" would you "allow" firearms in the hands of your fellow countrymen? What is so special about a political event, anyway? Maybe some of our politicians could use the protection from freedom loving, law abiding Americans. Gun free zones (schools and apparently some military bases) are open invitations for nut cases and mass murderers seeking fame, notoriety or revenge for whatever wrongs society has laid upon them. Concealed carry by licensed citizens is the "prudent" means for personal protection, but open carry by those who so choose is fine by me! I would rather have firearms in the hands of law abiding Americans than violent fellons and nut cases . . . and since I can not control the actions of latter, I think my point is pretty clear. We will always have extremists on both sides of the "gun" issue but I believe that the vast majority of Americans use common sense when it comes to carrying firearms in public. Just my observation. Brian from "Kalifornia"
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