From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 15:44:23 MDT
--- "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Mike Lorrey, responding to Harvey wrote:
>
> > No, we shouldn't. Restoring the ability of law abiding Americans to
> > exercise their constitutional rights while onboard aircraft would
> go a
> > long way to preventing future hijackings.
>
> Not so fast Mike. If you show up at the door of my house or my
> company and ask to come in and make use of the services I provide
> I may legitimately ask you whether you have a concealed weapon
> and whether I may search you for such. You may of course refuse
> to be searched in which case I have the right to deny you the
> right to visit my private premises. (This IMO is similar to
> the old Wild Wild West principle of checking your guns as you
> entered the town or the saloon.)
A private home is a far cry from a public accomodation. Furthermore, if
you don't trust me with a gun in your home, then you apparently are no
friend of mine.
Wild West local ordnances requiring surrendering weapons at town limits
or saloon doorway were never tested for constitutionality. I would
posit that they were highly unconstitutional.
>
> You have the right to keep and bear arms -- that doesn't give you
> the right to come onto *my* property with such. Should the
> government
> completely remove restrictions on weapons on planes, I for one would
> be calling the airlines wanting to know which prohibit such weapons
> from being carried by individuals.
What gives you the right to constrain my liberties in a manner that not
even the federal government is permitted to do? If you don't trust a
fellow law abiding citizen on your property unrestrained in their
liberties, then you are not any sort of libertarian.
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