I haven't followed this thread, but yes, I'm for Constitutional carry whereby being able to legally own a firearm is all the permission you need to carry whatever you like wherever you go - per the Second Amendment.
I am completely against special rights for select government employees. I also don't agree with the requirement of special training because that's a backdoor way to ban carry. That's basically what DC did for quite some time. To own a gun in DC, you had to buy a gun there, but they didn't allow any gun stores to open, creating a de facto ban on ownership. Required training could be abused the same way.
Here in VA, open carry is legal and common. Anyone 18 or older who can legally own a gun can place their handgun in a visible holster and carry basically everywhere except schools and court.
You make some very valid points. Way to often now people react with whats in their chest, and not what sits on their shoulders. Feel good individuals, and publicity hound politicians put forward legislation that when scrutinized, does not address the problem. They also ignore Constitutional safeguards and continually try work-a rounds, that threaten societies overall well being, by putting barricades between American citizens. Nowadays the thing you hear so often is...We have to do something. When you hear that said, ignorance is in the house. It gives cover to those whose desire, is counter to what made this Country what it is. My opinion, and I would like to think many others, is that.....social media is to blame. Since it became prominent, individuals seeking infamy have used it as inspiration for their deeds, to the detriment of all us citizens.
It never ceases to amaze and frighten me, that so many fail to see what would happen if one of our Constitutional Rights were thrown away. Once one is abridged, they all can be, as indeed they will at some convenient point in the future. It just will take a big public tragedy. It already is happening , and seems to be accelerating. All justified of course, and excused by the shallow thinkers. The chipping away continues as Civics/Government Classes are relegated behind classes on social diversity and political correctness. The .....insert.....RACE?(your choice).../AMERICAN, instead of just American has led to a greater divide in this country not seen since the Civil War.
As posted above......
Special rights for some, is just another way of dividing us, individual or Police, or agency, as we are all supposed to be equal under the law, regardless of actual reality. Our founders wanted a class less society different from the rest of the world. Where all had the potential to be better than the generation before, and not held back by those in power.
EDIT: 08/04/19
Who could have foreseen just days after I posted this, that EVIL would strike in 2 American cities. And that what I said about a big public tradedy would embolden those with agendas, to capitolize on it. Just a sad, sad situation in so many ways. Thoughts and prayers.
