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LedJedi wrote:

tornado wrote:

RKirby wrote:My wishes for 2009 are simple...give CHL's the right to carry anywhere that an LEO legally can, and remove the restrictions related to carrying in school buildings.

And if a LEO cannot carry and a lockup is provided for them to check their firearm (e.g., prison), then CHL firearms should be checkable too.

carlson1 wrote:

tornado wrote:

RKirby wrote:My wishes for 2009 are simple...give CHL's the right to carry anywhere that an LEO legally can, and remove the restrictions related to carrying in school buildings.

I have long asserted that any prohibited place should be required to provide security of the following form:

1) Armed guard check points that use electronic and/or physical searches to ensure no arms are brought into the facility
2) Guarded Lockup storage "check rooms" for leaving a firearm during a visit
3) Enforcement on ALL visitors, including POLICE who are not and on duty part of the security of the facility
4) An essential safety reason

An example of a place that could generally pass this would be a prison, where even visiting police must deposit firearms in a secure storage area.

Note: failure to enforce Rule #3 would be evidence that #4 was not true.

I would insist these requirements be placed on every 30.06 sign, certainly on those where public entry is generally allowed.
(Only exceptions for private homes and such might be allowed -- where the public is not commonly affected.)

We all know that every "imaginary no guns allowed line" is an open invitation to a psychopath or other violent criminal who is seeking a gun free victim zone.

If you wish to forbid firearms you must really enforce it.

tomneal wrote:Just a thought question

How would federal gun laws be affected if Texas passed a law stating that CHL holders were the Texas Militia?

Not much at all and it would be wrong under Federal law as the militia is all people willing and able to defend their community, the state, the nation, and the Constitution. (Heller says this but uses males, and I am asserting that women cannot be denied this right, to participate in the militia, even if they are never REQUIRED to participate.)