The 2nd Amendment doesn't contain any language that says MOC can restrict the RKBA at it's sanctioned events.
Please cite the law, or the right, that gives MOC the authority to restrict any person legally exercising a right during an event ... sanctioned by MOC or not... on property MOC does not own.
2ND amendment "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
As written in the Constitution Deals only with the actions of the US Government towards its citizenry. It does not mention anything about individuals, groups of individuals or organizations with in the general population. Now there may be some law that may override that, if so please cite.
But You can't turn the battle back to me when you cant cite.
Their right would be under the 1st amendment: Freedom of Speech and the right to assemble
As with open carry laws in Michigan, MOC can restrict LGOC at sanction functions because their is no law preventing or restricting MOC from doing so. (if I am wrong please cite). I will concede there are some restrictions such as saying certain people of ethnic background may not attend, but that is a totally different subject
Private Clubs and organizations that exist today are for the most part narrow focused on one point of interest. MOC point of interest IMO is for the legal open carry of handguns.
If you belong to the purple shirt club, would you show up a meeting wearing a blue shirt. If you did, the flier for the next event will probably read "no blue shirts allowed"
Their function is to focus on the wearing of purple shirts....if someone can not conform to their rules and bylaws, they should not attend events or if necessary not be a member.
now if the purple shirt club allowed blue shirts people in the club, knowing they were blue shirt people and they expanded their bylaws to focus on blue and purple shirts and then one day they STOPPED allowing blue shirt people from wearing blue shirts during events, then I say you would be correct, the purple shirt club have no rights to restrict the wearing of blue shirts, but that is not the case here as I see it.
In my short time in MOC they have always promoted OC of handguns and have put forth that was their agenda. While not stopping those who carry long guns from joining and being a member of the club, they were straight forward the LGOC was not their point of focus.
MOC has the RIGHT under the 1st amendment to gather without out government interference and to focus on their agenda. If they want to restrict LGOC at sanctioned functions, its their right under the first amendment to say so. IMO
please cite to the contrary and I will gladly accept that i am wrong