Should guns be banned in hospitals?

[PavePusher]

287. A few things....

1. "We manage to keep guns out of courtrooms every day of the week." How do you think that is done? Are you prepared for the expense of doing that for hospitals which are both more numerous, larger and probably have more entrances than courts? How do you propose to pay for this?

2. "people often had to turn in their guns to the local sheriff upon entering a town" So you are O.K. with violation of two Amendments of the Constitution, on whim of a local official? Not for me, thanks.

3. "And the driver has to re-establish this over and over and over again, every four years, for as long as s/he wishes to exercise the privilege of operating a vehicle on public roads." No, I don't. I got my driver's licence in Vermont some 26 years ago. Renewed by mail every 4 years, no tests required. In fact, thanks to the USAF, I haven't spent more than a week total in the state over the last 21 years. Note also that driving on public roads is not a Constitutionally protected Right, "...keep and bear..." is. You can make it one if you want: Amendment process.

4. "single purpose is to inflict deadly harm on other living beings" Umm, no. Patently false.

5. "they piss and moan about closing the gun show loophole that circumvents even that one pathetically inadequate precaution" What "loophole"? What "circumvention"?

6. "per capita gun fatality rates that are but a tiny fraction of ours" What were the rates prior to their "gun control"? What were the rates after? Was there a marked change?