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In reply to the discussion: Apartment tenants told they must get rid of their guns or move. [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)69. That's not the 2nd Amendment at Work then.
If that is the case in Minnesota then the state legislature must have passed a STATE law to that effect. They may have passed it in support of the 2nd Amendment but it's not the 2nd that prevents landlords from prohibiting guns.
In case everyone has forgotten Jim Crow and other laws. The 14th Amendment didn't prohibit discrimination and segregation or stop it. The US congress had to pass the voting rights laws and the civil rights acts to do that. Along with a lot of private businesses just stopping those practices due to protests, boycotts and so on.
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
Aug 2013
#121
Chances are greater far greater that you will die by the hands of a criminal with a gun rather than
spin
Aug 2013
#84
There is the federal fair housing act and many states have Renters' Rights laws.
dballance
Aug 2013
#72
You better read your state and local laws and any rental agreement you enter into.
dballance
Aug 2013
#76
None of those places are a persons' dwelling- and that makes a huge difference.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#100
Legally, it *is* your home, and there's lots of case law to back that up.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#10
His only worry is how to spend his share of the settlement from the management company.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#15
He doesn't have the right to search for drugs either....but if he finds out you have them....
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#63
but guns never cause holes in floors, walls, ceilings, furnishings, tenants......
lastlib
Aug 2013
#24
Can I get some vinaigrette and extra croutons to go with that salad?
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#9
GOOD! If they own the property....they HAVE the right to prohibit them.
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#54
It provides an alternative for those who believe that living surrounded by guns . . .
MrModerate
Aug 2013
#92
-3 for not using the terms "gun safety", "reasonable" and "common sense".
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#99