eye95 said:
Let us know how it goes when you carry at the dam.
joanie said:
I believe the better test case would be a public library.
The original question being considered was carry at a specific park, a state park.
Unless you want to carry in a state library, the two are not equivalent, so substituting one for the other in the experiment doesn't produce equivalent data. (And there may be laws which apply to being inside a state-owned building which don't apply to being in a state-owned park.)
Top that off with the dam (in the park, I'm assuming from the discussion) is ACoE property, which is a whole different set of rules. (Do they mark where the ACoE property ends & state park begins?)
I'd like to see national preemption. If you're legally in the USA, you can carry anywhere that's not past a security checkpoint with metal detectors.
joanie said:
I was going to suggest we drive over to DC on the 4th and march with our properly holstered handguns.
As long as you stay out of DC, you'd probably be safe & legal.
Have to check
www.handgunlaw.us for laws in the surrounding states.
But there are also supposed to be marches on state capitols the same day. Less driving, and in most cases more legal. In fact, I'd read that the guy who was trying to get people to do an armed march in DC finally cancelled his support for it, in favor of home-state demonstrations.
eye95 said:
Someone is going to get arrested, hurt, or killed because a disconnection from reality (possibly clinical). I am not the only one seeing this.
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If the State directs help, one loses their right to carry. If one seeks help on one's own, that right may be preserved. The poster needs to bear that in mind.
Most important thing to consider, joanie.
If so many people are seeing the same very concerning problem(s?), maybe there's something there to base that concern on.
While we do occasionally (and mostly in jest) insult each other, we also have great concern for the members of our community here.
Though the thought has occurred to me that she's doing a research project (for what group, I can't imagine) to see how our community addresses the issue of someone with severe mental illness, & is not actually ill herself.