Sheriff wrote:
I'm gonna have to draw the line in the sand here now.I'll defend open carry all day long, but at the same time I personally feel nobody needs afirearm when attending any function where the President is. This is just plain exercising common sense versus the right to carry a firearm.
With some of the comments I have heard in real life lately, I would go far as to say anybody within 1,000 yards of the President should be disarmed. Whether any of us like Obama or not, I don't think we need to shave another JFK in the history books.
OK, feel free to flame me now! :shock:
The declaration of independence states all men are created equal and that we have certain inalienable rights granted to us by our Creator.
As far as I'm concerned, Obama's life is no more important than my own, he has hundreds of people with guns there to protect his life, why should I not be able to have a gun to protect my own? No one looks out for my safety but myself.
Not to mention, if someone was going to make an attempt on the president's life, why in the world would they open carry their firearms? Don't you think that would attract a little unwanted attention from SS sniper scopes? If that guy reached for his rifle I would count on him being put down with several shots before he could have even shouldered his rifle.