by 1gewehr » Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:55 am
I fully agree!!!
Now, I'm no Constitutional scholar, but when I read "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" I find it hard to see where the Feds can prohibit the saying of prayers or display of the Ten Commandments. Isn't THAT prohibiting the 'free exercise thereof'?
Likewise, I'd have to say that a $200 tax, fingerprint cards, and 3-6 month delay is an infringement on our right to keep and bear arms.
If we have the right of 'free association', does that not, by necessity, also mean that we have the right to NOT associate? As private property owners, you have the right to forbid any person from being on your property (except officers of the law in the course of their lawful duties). But, it seems to me that the law is saying that unless a property owner gives advance warning of his desire to prohibit a person with a firearm from being on his property, he has no recourse against said person except to ask him to leave.
This is akin to the years of segregation. If a black person was not welcome, there were signs to that effect. And that is a nice way to form this argument in our favor. A sign against Concealed Carry is exactly the same as a sign saying "No Negroes"!
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