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by Soccerdad1995
Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:56 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Missouri Football Coach - No Handguns Ownership
Replies: 27
Views: 4733

Re: Missouri Football Coach - No Handguns Ownership

Ryan wrote:
ScottDLS wrote:It's theoretically your private employer's right to prohibit you from owning a handgun, or drinking at home, or smoking...
This is why I don't discuss anything not work related with my current boss. Also why I didn't add him as a friend on facebook. We can be friendly at work, but he doesn't need to know anything about me outside of that. However, this is not an absolute rule for me... just at this current job. I know that my current boss is SUPER anti-2a, anti-pitbull, and anti just about everything else I like. So we have a business relationship ONLY. I have some former bosses that are great friends still to this day. You just gotta pick and choose wisely who you divulge information to.
:iagree: with both of y'all.

Said another way, you have the right to call your boss an incompetent jerk. And he has the right to fire you as a result. No one's rights will have been violated, but you will still be unemployed.
by Soccerdad1995
Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:19 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Missouri Football Coach - No Handguns Ownership
Replies: 27
Views: 4733

Re: Missouri Football Coach - No Handguns Ownership

bblhd672 wrote:Kentucky coach Mark Stoops:
“I’ve made it very clear to them that I do not want them owning a handgun, even if they have a legal permit for it,” Stoops said. “They obviously can never have a handgun on campus, but I make it my policy to tell them no guns and come explain to me why they may need a gun because we definitely should not need a gun living in Lexington, Kentucky. So, that’s my policy.”
Wow, so Lexington, KY is the safest city in the world? Nothing is ever going to happen there requiring a citizen to exercise their 2nd Amendment right to defend themselves with a handgun? He'd fit in great at UT Austin. :banghead:
The Lexington crime rate is higher than the Kentucky average crime rate and is higher than the national average crime rate.

Crime Index, #208

Lexington, KY 2,064.69
Kentucky 1,304.60
U.S. 1,669.05

The crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the crime level in a region. Higher crime index value means more crime.
http://www.usa.com/lexington-ky-crime-a ... e-rate.htm
by Soccerdad1995
Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:14 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Missouri Football Coach - No Handguns Ownership
Replies: 27
Views: 4733

Re: Missouri Football Coach - No Handguns Ownership

I am not a fan of the nanny state nature of these wrong headed policies. But I do not know if this is a 2A violation.

The Bill of Rights gives us protection against government infringement on our rights. A private organization can revoke membership because they don't like the way that someone is exercising their rights, and that would not be protected. We commonly see this when someone is kicked out of an organization because they tweeted something that is politically incorrect, or insensitive, or whatever.

The issue here is that we are talking about a state institution. If it was a private University, I would say that they are within their rights to kick someone off the team, or even out of the school altogether, for exercising their first or second amendment rights. But a state University is a bit too close to a government organization for me to personally be OK with these arbitrary and biased restrictions on people's civil rights. Is it actually against the constitution? I have no idea. Should it be unconstitutional for a government run University? IMHO, yes.

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