Posted on 10/19/2014 3:26:25 PM PDT by marktwain
PING!
Yer famous, d00d!
I know I’ll never be robbed in Kroegers. Or in our local Sears, or any other place with their sissy “no guns” signs.
as I implied it varies state to state.
Here in Texas, IF you are a property owner, you have to put a sign up with EXACT wording, and it has to cite the section of the law. (it’s called citing section 30.06) Note that its easy to remember since 30.06 is also a rifle caliber :)
So If you (a property owner, or a store, or Kroger or Starbucks) just “say” something or put up a sign that does not cite 30.06 properly in the state of Texas, it holds no force of law.
In Texas, as part of CHL training, you learn the laws, like this.
However, other states are different in that regard... I would say DO NOT take word of mouth — always LOOK UP what the local laws are.
I went to the State Fair of Texas. It’s legal to carry there, but discouraged. They made me show my carry license and DL to an officer. I got to bypass the metal detectors though. :) I won’t say if or what I was carrying, but I like bypassing the search no matter what :)
There is NO SUBSTITUTE for know and Exercising your rights.
If you don’t use it, we will loose it.
Just because you are a property owner does not mean your make the law.
Try not renting to someone because of their race, or not serving them in your establishment because they are gay. See what I mean? You are no more the King of your Castle.
every state that has concealed carry legalized sees a drop in robbery. FACT.
Check into what happened to Florida gun crimes (like robbery) once citizens were made legal to carry. Crime dropped big time.
The only thing I find troubling here is that there is no effort at counterattack. Instead of always being on the defensive against gun controllers, there should be some means of punishing them, figuratively speaking, for their efforts.
We do not ever want to get caught up in what is called a “static defense”, which means only fighting defensively, never offensively, because no lesser light than Napoleon Bonaparte noted that a static defense is slow suicide.
We need to fight back.
The Constitutionalists have been involved with counterattacks for at least since 1987. We have won much.
I suggest you read this review:
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-review-rise-of-anti-media-by-brian.html
I think the Travon Martin deal is an example where a citizen confused self defense with neighborhood watch.....Citizens are not the police. If you have that mentality, you should not carry.
This is the best summation of what happened between Travon Martin and George Zimmerman, based on facts, that I have read. You may be surprised what you learn.
The trouble is that in this trench warfare, head on attacks are far less effective. While a defensive line must continue, of course, a flank attack against the gun controllers would likely have far greater effect against them.
In past, I’ve suggested associating gun rights with capital punishment, which the left has been trying to end almost parallel to their efforts with gun control. Right now it is only legal in 32 states.
But importantly, unlike gun control, where they are losing, the erosion to the death penalty, in their minds, is where they are winning, so they are far more willing to expend resources in that direction.
In practical terms, when for example the next mass shooting takes place, and the gun controllers launch their next push, pro-gun liberty people can likely “hold the line” against them. But if, right then, there is a major push to restore the prompt death penalty, especially for mass shooters, it will hit them on their flank.
Whenever they open their yaps to call for gun control, the gun rights advocates can just dismiss their argument as meaningless, then change the subject to the execution of the shooter. This will have extra impact at first, because they will not be expecting it.
It may be enough to break their well-funded and organized attack.
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