Denver court of appeals upholds gun ruling

Enid News & Eagle ^ | February 15, 2006 | Staff and wire reports

[THEUPMAN]

In other words, you are in control of whether you are disarmed or not. Knowing that you will be disarmed by accepting employment with that business, the choice is yours to make. That employer hasn't forcefully denied you anything.


Well you make an interesting argument, and I have no doubt that your interpretation will be the popular view as we move into the future.
Prepare yourself for the day that you can't get health insurance if you own a gun.
And prepare for the day you will have to walk everywhere because you won't be able to get auto insurance if you own a gun.
Coercion comes in a lot of flavors.

You mention felons ... their rights are oppressed by force.


Your statement
"Indeed they could. "They" are, of course, us. The people have the option of changing the Constitution in any way the majority of them see fit. It doesn't make those changes correct, but they would be constitutional."
Indicates that you still don't quite get the source of those rights that the Founders acknowledged. The Constitution simply acknowledges some of the rights that man has , it doesn't grant anything. If you were to change the Constitution it wouldn't change those rights.

Our rights are being oppressed more each day , and the sad thing is that so many "conservatives" don't seem to notice.

We recognize the right to be "black" , to be a "woman", to be handicapped ... and scores of others when it comes to employee contracts. But you will say we have no similar right to have a gun?

Is the right to be a minority a more "inalienable "right?

They will get our guns someday in the future , but not with my help.

[Sandy]

We recognize the right to be "black" , to be a "woman", to be handicapped ... and scores of others when it comes to employee contracts.

True, we "recognize" those employment rights via anti-discrimination statutes.

But you will say we have no similar right to have a gun?

True, there are no gunowner or gun-possession anti-discrimination laws (certainly not on the federal level; mileage may vary by city or state).

Employers are free to hire and fire whoever they want for any or no reason *unless* prohibited by law. If you want an anti-discrimination law dealing with gunowners, get lobbying.