06nop, GREAT link. Thanks for including it. Very interesting discussion with Mr. Patterson, for whom I have enormous respect.O6nop wrote:Here's a reality check.
You can carry a long gun into the Capitol and you don't need any kind of license, concealed or otherwise, to do it. So the metal detectors deter nothing. They have to let you pass. Even if you are not a model citizen.
So we open it up to the next step - ban long guns. Nice! But there is great news.... ummm, maybe not.
But does anyone else think he just pulled a "Debra Medina" and broke the law by intentionally unconcealing his weapon for the cameras?!?!?