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To: zipper

“Any arbitrary restriction is a violation of 2A..”

Bullishit. A simple request not to display, brandish, or point a weapon at others in a public place *unless* a self defense situation *requires* you to pull out your gun & *use* it, is NOT an ARBITRARY restriction, and in no way violates your 2A right to *carry* a weapon OR defend yourself & others.

Following your line of reasoning, you’d object even if Walmart required you to keep your weapon holstered——because you regard ANY request for SELF restraint as a violation of YOUR apparently unlimited right to hold your cocked & loaded gun in your hand & wave it around should YOU decide YOU want to assert YOUR 2A rights in such manner.

I’ve lived in areas among idiots with your exact mantra— Dont tell ME what I can’t do! Any expectation of SELF restraint might cause ME to violate my own RIGHTS!!!
These idiots nsist on celebrating New Year & 4th of July by indiscriminately firing into the air.
Innocent people have been killed.

Bottom line is, Walmart is not the government, it’s a business & has a right to enact policies aimed at maintaining a drama-free shopping experience for *all* its customers, whether or not their views align with yours.
If Walmarr doesn’t want its employees’ time wasted by drama queens like yourself who *feel* you *need* to protest a non-existent “violation” of your rights, the company has a right to kick you out, same as they’d have the right to kick out Antifa.
Walmart us for shopping, not for staging protests or provoking & getting in disputes with other shoppers, requiring their employees to intervene.
Get over yourself.


122 posted on 09/11/2019 2:08:46 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: mumblypeg
A simple request not to display, brandish, or point a weapon at others in a public place *unless* a self defense situation *requires* you to pull out your gun & *use* it, is NOT an ARBITRARY restriction, and in no way violates your 2A right to *carry* a weapon OR defend yourself & others.....you regard ANY request for SELF restraint as a violation of YOUR apparently unlimited right to hold your cocked & loaded gun in your hand & wave it around...

You seem confused between what constitutes open carry versus assault or disturbing the peace. I'm really glad you're not a cop, no cop could be that stupid, they'd be fired in short order. Please don't ever join the police force, even as a volunteer -- come to think of it, especially as a volunteer.

I’ve lived in areas among idiots with your exact mantra.... insist on celebrating New Year & 4th of July by indiscriminately firing into the air. Innocent people have been killed.....staging protests or provoking & getting in disputes with other shoppers, requiring their employees to intervene....

Speaking of grossly unfair generalities, now open-carry patriots are the moral equivalent of Kate Steinle's killer? Don't worry, the people you are afraid of offending, sanctuary city dwellers, are okay with it as long as you can prove you're an illegal alien with a felony record.

Bottom line is, Walmart is not the government, it’s a business & has a right to enact policies aimed at maintaining a drama-free shopping experience

"Drama-free" will eventually mean no weapons of any kind, because snowflakes might insist they can't enter a store that doesn't guarantee nobody is carrying a firearm (open or concealed). It's called a slippery slope, and you're sliding down it, because you are willing to allow others to infringe on, and therefore compromise, your Constitutionally guaranteed rights.

123 posted on 09/11/2019 2:51:53 PM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists.)
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