Does it make a difference? Since government schools cannot infringe on First Amendment rights, I presume most here would permit the 6 year old to take the gun to school, under the guise of the 2d Amendment. A private school would not have to permit guns on its campus.
Would that be a government owned plane or one owned by private citizens who decide what arms shall be allowed?
Not aware of any government owned planes other than military and homeland security aircraft. What is the point?
If United hired a Muslim pilot are you against such a person being armed in the cockpit simply because they are Muslim? Is that the government's decision to make?
It would be a 14th Amendment issue, not a 2d Amendment issue. But I presume the government would not prevent a Muslim pilot from carrying, assuming others can.
And as for the murderer, how is it that such a person can WALK at all? Isn't that a government problem with murderers that has nothing whatever to do with arms?
Not at all. There are thousands on the streets today who have served their sentences, however short or long they were. The issue is whether they should be permitted to carry firearms, not whether they should be on the street.
YOUR issue is whether murderers should be allowed to carry arms. YOU wish to solve the "problem" of armed murderers by attempting to disarm them. If you make a habit of identifying issues in this fashion, the effectiveness of your solutions will reflect it.
What reduction in crime do you attribute to the background checks that I am required to pay for prior to buying a firearm? Certainly you must feel that there is some benefit. Are half of all convicted felons successfully denied arms by the law? Seventy-five percent? Or is it "none"?
They can certainly infringe on fourth amendment rights (New Jersey v T.L.O., 1985) -- I see no reason why they cannot infringe on others, provided it is for the same reason ("the rights of children and adolescents are not the same as those of adults and that school officials have a responsibility to maintain the discipline necessary for education.")