I think that employers and any other private party has the right to exclude weapons from their location. I don't allow guns in my house -- but I shoot them at the range. I don't want guns at church. I don't want co-workers to have guns in their possession at work either.
I believe guns as weapons are fundamantally offensive in nature (as opposed to defensive). I sincerely value the right of a person to own and use one, but there are limits that begin in the shared spaces of society, when we are not at home.
I'm thinking about social spaces we typically inhabit, such as work and church. Though Wayne LaPierre starts talking gun owners being banned from gas stations and cafes, I think that argument is spurious and doesn't acknowledge the issues of personal security which non-gun-carriers feel.
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Last edited by meembo; 08-15-2005 at 05:59 AM..
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