NRA cares about gun rights, not property rights
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, 2nd Amendment, America, Bill of Rights, Congress, Constitution, federal government, Florida, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida House, freedom, Gun Owners of America, guns, liberty, National Rifle Association, Owners of America, politics, property, Senate, your rightshttp://www.palmbeachpost.com/…
Gun rights advocates and the National Rifle Association won a victory today with the Florida House’s passage of a contentious bill that would allow employees to bring their guns to work.
The measure (HB 503) is a watered-down version of what the NRA had hoped for but is seen as a compromise that the Senate is also expected to sign off on.
Under the proposal, employees and visitors who have state-issued concealed weapons licenses would be able to bring their weapons to work and leave them locked in their vehicles.
The measure would exempt certain businesses from having to allow the guns, including schools, prisons, nuclear power plants, defense-related businesses and those that deal with explosive materials.
Also exempted would be company-owned or leased cars.
The business community, including the Florida Chamber of Commerce, has vigorously objected to the measure, saying it pits the property rights of employers against the Second Amendment rights permitting guns.
Thing is… gun rights are a subset of property rights. An individual can set whatever rules they wish for their property. If the employer doesn’t want employees to carry guns they don’t carry guns else they have no right to be on the property. There is no such thing as “Second Amendment rights.” The second Amendment says: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” What part of that delegates rights? It assumes a preexisting right to keep and bear arms and indicates the federal government may not infringe that right. They don’t permit guns… they disallow Congress from not permitting guns.
This is the problem with the NRA. They aren’t disciplined. They agree to all sorts of gun control laws and then pull this kind of crap.
Gun Owners of America is a much better organization.
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