ca2az96
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After months of reading posts on this Forum, I am disturbed by one recurring theme; people's hesitance to always be willing to exercise their 2A right. To paraphrase, I have read statements such as "I OC, but when my kids are around, I CC", or "I CC sometimes so the anti's don't go crazy", etc. We are a nation of Constitutional Law. The Bill of Rights is absolute, people. Most of us would not hesitate to use out 1A Right to express out opinion. Most of us would not hesitate to assert our 5A Right to not incriminate ourselves in court. Why then are we not equally vigilant about our 2A Right to keep and BEAR arms? The 2nd Amendment is the most important right we have, in that it is the vessel we use to guarantee we will have the ability to preserve our other rights. It is our God Given Right,Federal Constitutional Right, Arizona Constitutional Right, and Right by State Law to OC. We need to all carry these written laws around with us for educational purposes, and to Cover our butts, should we have an uneducated LEO encounter. We should all carry recorders with us at all times when OC'ing, so that a LEO can not falsely accuse us of criminal activity, or "forget" a detail that would help our case. Most importantly, we should not feel guilty, nervous, hesitant, or unreasonable for OC'ing everywhere we are legally allowed to go. If this makesthe uneducated masses uncomfortable, that is their problem, not mine. I will not surrender any of my liberties to appease another. I hope you all feel the same way. This is still America, folks.
After months of reading posts on this Forum, I am disturbed by one recurring theme; people's hesitance to always be willing to exercise their 2A right. To paraphrase, I have read statements such as "I OC, but when my kids are around, I CC", or "I CC sometimes so the anti's don't go crazy", etc. We are a nation of Constitutional Law. The Bill of Rights is absolute, people. Most of us would not hesitate to use out 1A Right to express out opinion. Most of us would not hesitate to assert our 5A Right to not incriminate ourselves in court. Why then are we not equally vigilant about our 2A Right to keep and BEAR arms? The 2nd Amendment is the most important right we have, in that it is the vessel we use to guarantee we will have the ability to preserve our other rights. It is our God Given Right,Federal Constitutional Right, Arizona Constitutional Right, and Right by State Law to OC. We need to all carry these written laws around with us for educational purposes, and to Cover our butts, should we have an uneducated LEO encounter. We should all carry recorders with us at all times when OC'ing, so that a LEO can not falsely accuse us of criminal activity, or "forget" a detail that would help our case. Most importantly, we should not feel guilty, nervous, hesitant, or unreasonable for OC'ing everywhere we are legally allowed to go. If this makesthe uneducated masses uncomfortable, that is their problem, not mine. I will not surrender any of my liberties to appease another. I hope you all feel the same way. This is still America, folks.