Hey fellas, want to know why you can legally be barred from carrying a gun into damn near anywhere?
It's this little thing called th Interstate Commerce clause of the constitution. It says "Congress shall have the power...blah blah random shit...and control trade between the several states"
This has been expanded to make almost every single thing a citizen can do into a federal crime. Gun in a bank? Well, if they have even one single customer or account holder that is or possibly could be from another state, you're going to federal prison. Gun into any type of employment place? If that place of employment deals with business out of state or is in an industry that exists outside that state, or has purchased anything that came from out of state or could have, and you interfere with the operation of the business (ie, disturbing other employees from doing their job or making them inefficient due to worry--which is EASY to prove), you have committed a federal crime.
That's the sad legal fact of that. Sorry to hear about your loss, but the company's policy is fully backed by rulings from the Supreme Court. You did the best you could to provide personal protection for yourself while simultaneously taking into account various other laws and procedures. As long as your truck was locked (which to have it broken into I'm going to assume it was), you did everything in your power to both exercise your right to carry and be responsible in the situation.
**edit**glad to hear you'll be getting your piece back. don't know how your local/state PD are when it comes to maintenance of other's/siezed property, so I wish you the best that your piece comes back intact, functional, and unblemished. some PDs have a habit of treating citizen's property (even that which will be returned) in a substandard manner to the point of its deteriation or destruction.
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Originally posted by clavus
To say that I was naked, when I broke in would be a lie. I put on safety glasses.
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Last edited by rat; 02-01-2004 at 09:37 PM..
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