Weapon Carry Not a Right

OK boys and girls,,,http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2b1_1251954307 ,,,,,Cop tels Protester with OC of handgun "its not a right,its a priviledge".
Dont know why it will not work,,,it does on 1919a4.com opentalk section or "Counter Protest/Detained by Police".....on liveleak.

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They said the same gibberish with driving, and some morons still think that driving is a "privilege."

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A person has a privilege, but not a right, to drive a motor vehicle upon a public highway. To exercise that privilege, the person must satisfy the licensing requirements of the state. County of Fond du Lac v. Kevin C. Derksen, 2002 WI App 160, 256 Wis. 2d 490, 647 N.W.2d 922, 01−2870.

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APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Fond du Lac County: DALE L. ENGLISH, Judge. Affirmed.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Anderson and Snyder, JJ.

¶1 NETTESHEIM, P.J. In this case, we put to rest the notion held by some that a person has an absolute and unfettered right, free of government regulation, to operate a motor vehicle on the roadways of this state. Rather, this so-called “right” is, in fact, a privilege that is subject to reasonable regulation by the legislature or other political subdivisions of the state.

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http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinions/01/pdf/01-2870.pdf

APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Fond du Lac County: DALE L. ENGLISH, Judge. Affirmed.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Anderson and Snyder, JJ.

¶1 NETTESHEIM, P.J. In this case, we put to rest the notion held by some that a person has an absolute and unfettered right, free of government regulation, to own and bear firearms on the roadways of this state. Rather, this so-called “right” is, in fact, a privilege that is subject to reasonable regulation by the legislature or other political subdivisions of the state.

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¶8 There is a compelling basis for differentiating the right to travel from the means of travel. The automobile of today, with engineering emphasis on power and speed, can be a crippling and potentially lethal weapon in the hands of an irresponsible driver. See Steeno, 85 Wis. 2d at 671. Licensing helps to assure safe drivers and also provide a good record-keeping system for identifying irresponsible drivers. Derksen offers isolated quotes from older cases from other jurisdictions that facially support some of his arguments. But we are not bound by those cases. Instead, we are bound by our supreme court and, in a constitutional sense, by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. See Cook v. Cook, 208 Wis. 2d 166, 189-90, 560 N.W.2d 246 (1997). We refuse to follow and decline to discuss the ancient cases from other jurisdictions cited by Derksen.

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¶8 There is a compelling basis for differentiating the right to travel from the means of travel. The automobile of today, with engineering emphasis on power and speed, can be a crippling and potentially lethal weapon in the hands of an irresponsible driver. See Steeno, 85 Wis. 2d at 671. Licensing helps to assure safe drivers and also provide a good record-keeping system for identifying irresponsible drivers. Derksen offers isolated quotes from older cases from other jurisdictions that facially support some of his arguments. But we are not bound by those cases. Instead, we are bound by our supreme court and, in a constitutional sense, by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. See Cook v. Cook, 208 Wis. 2d 166, 189-90, 560 N.W.2d 246 (1997). We refuse to follow and decline to discuss the ancient cases from other jurisdictions cited by Derksen.

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I am a touring bicyclist of long 50,000+ miles experience and I am informed of the intricacies of the Right to travel and the hazards of the automobile.

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In Indiana, open carry is licensed... by the fact carry must be licensed, one could conclude open carry is a privilege in the state.

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"It is an open carry state but there are people out here. You're walking around with an exposed firearm."

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That citizen was detained and harassed. I hope he sues that PD to the fullest extent of the law. :cuss:


But he said too much - should have kept it to "As you admit that I'm legally allowed to OC, am I being detained or am I free to go?" Nothing more.

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It's a RIGHT in Ohio, so says the Ohio Supreme Court.

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Exactly.

I read the title and description on the forum at first, thinking "huh?". Then I read the description in the linked video and saw the city was in Indiana.

People are getting their britches in a bunch over a licensed state.

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