All permits to carry concealed are in violation of the 2nd amendment. the 10th amendment and common sense.
It's funny how "the science is settled" is becoming a platitude with political overtones. But, just this once, I'm gonna say regarding carrying a gun,
the "science is settled". You can. Fuck your State goons who say otherwise.
I don't understand what you mean when you say " the science is settled. The fact is that the countries with the strictest gun control laws are the countries with the highest murder rates.
In 2008, the Court in a 5-4 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller held that “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home."
The SCOTUS has never ruled against the 2nd amendment but it has given the states the prerogative to restrict certain types of firearms
such as fully automatic weapons which is how the proponents of stronger gun laws refer to semi-automatic weapons. Firearms such as the AR-15s are responsible for less than 1% of deaths caused by guns in this country but banning them because they have a barrel shroud, pistol grip and bayonet lugs is useless legislation that does nothing. As far as bump stocks go I have never even seen one in use and don't know anybody who has one. Banning High capacity magazines holding 30 rounds does nothing either because anyone with just a bit of experience can drop a ten round magazine in a couple of seconds. With the exception of suicide firearm deaths are tightly clustered in underserved inner city neighborhoods and the people dying are black. Those deaths essentially go I noticed by the media and the white populace but should a white child dies the uproar is deafening. I liken it to Cecil the lion. There was outrage that Cecil had been shot but white soccer moms didn't see the starving black children in the same picture. I support common sense gun control and I'm not a single issue voter so I vote democratic because I'm pro choice support the rights of my gay son and the gay and transgender community as a whole and I believe no one should suffer from food insecurity regardless of what country they might be from.
I live in Massachusett and I have an unrestricted LTC even to the point where if I fill out the proper forms and have $20,000 to spend I can buy a fully automatic weapon. We also have an average of 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people.
In this state since the 70's in order to obtain a firearm you must first be vetted by the local police. Then you have to be vetted by the state police and finally the FBI. Attempts at making mental health a component of obtaining a firearm will never happen as doctors are adamant in saying they will not provide the medical records of their patients to law enforcement. That is a loop hole that should be resolved but how I don't know. Even the castle doctrine does not apply here. You have to retreat unless doing so may cause additional harm to yourself or others.
With Trump having stacked the supreme Court additional firearms restrictions will never happen in our lifetime. This state has the lowest number of firearm deaths just behind Alaska. The problem I wish we could solve was suicide by firearms but with 3 to 5 firearms per person in this country already gun control won't make a difference. I just don't know what we can do about that and I wish I did. Preventing blacks minorities from having firearms is not gun control it's discrimination.
Oh yeah the fact their physiological differences in people does not mean they not be treated any differently than anyone else. I have no doubt that The descendants of the Mayans and Aztecs just as intelligent and deserve unalienable rights of all people.
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