Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: New Yorker magazine has an interesting article about history of 2nd amendment, NRA and gun control [View all]safeinOhio
(32,668 posts)there would be way less need to carry for protection. Their laws make it much less likely a felon would have a hand gun, plus there are fewer gun crimes. I don't have a CCW because I love guns and just want to carry one. I hardly ever carry anyway as I feel safe enough in most of the time.
I'll bet you can find just as many constitutional scholars that agree with Thom or have opinions that reflect the first 200 years, where all agreed with the 2nd being a collective right.
I go places that don't allow concealed handguns all the time. The mall, post office, church and government buildings and don't feel naked because I'm not armed. My guess is that if there was zero danger of being attacked by an armed person, you'd still want to carry.
In the first century there were lots of places that required you to leave your gun or check it when you went into town. This was much closer to the writing of the Constitution and yet there does not seem to be any 2nd Amendment cases that challenged those rules.
Now if you want to challenge any of Hartman's quotes and writings of those that wrote the Constitution, I'm listening.
On the other hand I am more than willing to let states and local governments write their own laws on the purchase and possession of handguns. If Waco Texas wants a different law than Chicago, that is fine with me. I'd be more than willing to see an end of a standing army and we adopt the same system of Switzerland as they have a history of not getting involved in Iraq, Vietnam or Afghanistan. Switzerland is also a great example of a country with lots of guns and a very low gun crime rate.