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Gun owners claim right to take their rifles to work
Telegraph ^ | 11/12/04 | Alec Russell in Valliant and Scott Heiser in Washington

Posted on 12/11/2004 6:07:04 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

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To: spunkets

I agree with this case, but I don't see how it is analagous to the example you gave of a mother not being able to find a babysitter.


701 posted on 12/15/2004 8:40:17 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: spunkets; Everybody

spunkets wrote:

Henry Perritt Jr., one of this country's foremost scholars on labor and employment law, advocates a comprehensive test for analyzing wrongful discharge claims involving violations of public policy. Perritt proposes four elements of a public policy tort case:

(1) The plaintiffs must prove the existence of a clear public policy (the clarity element). Henry H. Perritt Jr., Workplace Torts: Rights and Liabilities § 3.7 (1991) (hereinafter Perritt).

(2) The plaintiffs must prove that discouraging the conduct in which they engaged would jeopardize the public policy (the jeopardy element). Perritt § 3.14.

(3) The plaintiffs must prove that the public-policy-linked conduct caused the dismissal (the causation element). Perritt § 3.19.

(4) The defendant must not be able to offer an overriding justification for the dismissal (the absence of justification element). Perritt § 3.21. See also Collins v. Rizkana, 73 Ohio St.3d 65, 69-70, 652 N.E.2d 653 (1995) (adopting Perritt's four element test).

See...






Great find.

Naturally there are 'no replies' from those who want to violate the public policy of the 2nd Amendment.


702 posted on 12/15/2004 8:42:38 AM PST by jonestown ( JONESTOWN, TX http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles)
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To: Dead Corpse
Remind me never to come over to your house. I don't want you "changing the rules" in the middle of dinner to require a body cavity search...

I couldn't actually force you to submit to a body cavity search, but I could make you leave my property if you refused.

So, does anyone who wanders on to your property get branded Slave then as well? Just trying to figure out how far you plan on abrogating another individuals equal Rights...,

Strawman argument. I can't force you to stay on my property any more than you can force me to let you remain on my property. No rights are abrogated by me kicking you off my property for refusing to follow my rules.

703 posted on 12/15/2004 8:43:25 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Modernman
Back to the flat Earth position I see. Why are you parroting the Brady Campaign in that last paragraph? That is the exact argumentation they are using for every piece of legislation they try and push on us.

Are you actually going to say that one persons Rights can easily override another persons equal Rights? Kinda destroys the whole precept this country was founded on doesn't it? What next? Gonna try and claim Prima Noctem on your neighbors daughter? After all, if a restriction in the Constitution only applies to government action....

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

It says "...the right of the people...". That is us. We individual citizens of the United States. Waiting for your judicial heros to stand up and mouth the correct words is like Galileo waiting in his tower for the Church to realize that the Sun does not orbit the Earth.

704 posted on 12/15/2004 8:44:11 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Modernman

If you don't want a strawman in return, don't set one up to being with...


705 posted on 12/15/2004 8:45:13 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Dead Corpse
I'm not carrying my firearms there either. They are on my property in my car.

And your property (your car) is on someone else's property (the parking lot). I'm not sure why you keep missing that point.

706 posted on 12/15/2004 8:45:15 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Modernman

So you are claiming additive Rights over my property? Can I take your wallet the next time you step on to my property? Why is that so hard to understand?


707 posted on 12/15/2004 8:46:47 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Modernman

Modernman wrote:

Why use "caselaw"? --- Because that's what we do in a common law system. You are advocating a novel legal position- you are claiming that exercising one's right to regulate whether firearms come onto one's property violates public policy.

Other than your opinion, what legal basis do you have for this claim?






spunkets wrote:

Henry Perritt Jr., one of this country's foremost scholars on labor and employment law, advocates a comprehensive test for analyzing wrongful discharge claims involving violations of public policy. Perritt proposes four elements of a public policy tort case:

(1) The plaintiffs must prove the existence of a clear public policy (the clarity element). Henry H. Perritt Jr., Workplace Torts: Rights and Liabilities § 3.7 (1991) (hereinafter Perritt).

(2) The plaintiffs must prove that discouraging the conduct in which they engaged would jeopardize the public policy (the jeopardy element). Perritt § 3.14.

(3) The plaintiffs must prove that the public-policy-linked conduct caused the dismissal (the causation element). Perritt § 3.19.

(4) The defendant must not be able to offer an overriding justification for the dismissal (the absence of justification element). Perritt § 3.21. See also Collins v. Rizkana, 73 Ohio St.3d 65, 69-70, 652 N.E.2d 653 (1995) (adopting Perritt's four element test).


708 posted on 12/15/2004 8:48:14 AM PST by jonestown ( JONESTOWN, TX http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles)
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To: Dead Corpse
If you don't want a strawman in return, don't set one up to being with...

What strawman have I used?

709 posted on 12/15/2004 8:49:10 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Dead Corpse
Are you actually going to say that one persons Rights can easily override another persons equal Rights?

No, I'm not. I'm saying that you have no right to bear arms on private property without the owner's consent. If you do not have a right to do something in the first place, I do not violate your rights when I tell you to stop doing it on my property.

What next? Gonna try and claim Prima Noctem on your neighbors daughter? After all, if a restriction in the Constitution only applies to government action....

Rape is a crime. Outlawing rape is within the proper power of state and local government.

It says "...the right of the people...". That is us. We individual citizens of the United States. Waiting for your judicial heros to stand up and mouth the correct words is like Galileo waiting in his tower for the Church to realize that the Sun does not orbit the Earth.

It's an unsettled legal issue. I believe that the 2nd Amendment does recognize the individual right to bear arms, but there are many people who disagree. Until a ruling is made by SCOTUS on this issue, it will remain open.

That being said, whatever way SCOTUS determines this issue in the future, that will not change the fact that you do not have a right to bear arms on private property contrary to the owner's wishes.

710 posted on 12/15/2004 8:55:12 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Modernman

You joined the thread about 400 posts ago. Do you really want a complete list? If so, go back and compile one. I don't have the time today...


711 posted on 12/15/2004 8:55:42 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Dead Corpse
So you are claiming additive Rights over my property?

I am claiming that I can set the rules for access to my property. Those rules can require that you consent to searches of your property while it is parked on my property. I doubt I can legally force you to submit to such searches, but I can kick you and your property off my property if you refuse the search.

Can I take your wallet the next time you step on to my property?

No, but you can say "give me your wallet if you want to remain on my property." If I refuse, you can kick me out.

712 posted on 12/15/2004 8:57:53 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: jonestown

Dear jonestown,

Oh, c'mon now, can't you think up your own comebacks?

Don't you have any originality?

;-)


sitetest


713 posted on 12/15/2004 9:01:27 AM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: Modernman
I'm not "bearing arms" though am I?

Yes. But using your argument, it would only restrict government employees from raping people.

The only reason it is unsettled is because of the modern legal fictions created by those who really can't grab more power for themselves with an armed populace. As the language of the Zmendment is quite clear, why does the USSC need to say anything on the subject at all? What other Rights do we have that must first be ennumerated by them before we can be said to have them? Is there a list somewhere?

And it remains my contention that I am not in any way violating my employers property Rights. They can no more claim a Right to my property than I could claim of theirs. Period.

714 posted on 12/15/2004 9:01:44 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Modernman


The clear words of the 2nd support the peoples position. - Our rights to keep & bear arms shall not be infringed.
jones






The only place in the Constitution where you could find a right to bring firearms onto others' property is in the infamous penumbra.

And courts have ruled in hundreds, if not thousands, of cases that the Constitutional prohibitions against infringements of rights applies to government action only.

And, of course, SCOTUS has never actually ruled on whether the 2nd Amendment recognizes an individual right to bear arms, but that's a discussion for a different day.






No, this day is just fine, --- seeing that you've made it quite evident that you don't agree our RKBA's is an
individual right.


Your belief:
"courts have ruled in hundreds, if not thousands, of cases that the Constitutional prohibitions against infringements of rights applies to government action only" --- is flawed by the words of the Constitution itself.

The 'peoples' rights can be [and are], infringed by any one or any organization.
It is the governments prime duty to defend our rights.


715 posted on 12/15/2004 9:05:03 AM PST by jonestown ( JONESTOWN, TX http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles)
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To: jonestown

It's an interesting case, but I don't see any support in there for the idea that public policy requires me to let you bring firearms onto my property.


716 posted on 12/15/2004 9:05:57 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Modernman

1) The mom has a duty/right to care for the child.
2) The child would be abandoned had the mom gone to work.
3) The phone conversation.
4) Employer's lack of other reason and the presence of evidence showing good work record.


717 posted on 12/15/2004 9:06:08 AM PST by spunkets
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To: Dead Corpse
You joined the thread about 400 posts ago. Do you really want a complete list? If so, go back and compile one. I don't have the time today...

Why should I do your work for you? You claimed I've used strawmen, I say otherwise. Your inability to provide proof of your claim shows that the claim is false.

718 posted on 12/15/2004 9:07:32 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: spunkets

If you willingly allow police officers into your house because they are looking for illegal drugs, and you KNOW that they will not find any, but during search they find child pornography in your house, will your defense be that the pornography was seized illegally because you did not express willingness to allow a search for the porn?


719 posted on 12/15/2004 9:10:45 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Dead Corpse
Yes. But using your argument, it would only restrict government employees from raping people.

Nonsense. A law properly passed by the government applies to actions by everyone. Constitutional rights only apply to actions by government.

What other Rights do we have that must first be ennumerated by them before we can be said to have them? Is there a list somewhere?

SCOTUS simply interprets the Constitution in response to legal cases brought before it. Up until now, the question of whether or not the 2nd Amendment applies to individuals has not been brought before the court. Therefore, the highest court in the land has not determined this issue.

720 posted on 12/15/2004 9:11:19 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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