My point is that not every person in the general public is going to follow laws or rules. Citizens should have the lawful right to the 2A & to bear arms but some public places like courts, office buildings, jails, schools, etc need these mandates to keep the peace & have law and order.
I'd rather have an alert deputy or armed security guard "watching my six" then square off with every nutcase, wierdo or wacko in the joint.
Being insane is a medical disqualification to carry a firearm. I have been to my local VA medical center several times and yes it’s kind of an adventure. Still the Bill of Rights gives me the Right to Bear Arms and if we are to allow this kind of regulation then what is to say our other rights can’t be suspended just because we enter an area or building.
I understand you can’t just walk into a crowded building and announce "Fire" when no fire exist but what if we applied the same level of restriction to Free Speech that we have applied to firearms you would probably have masses of people protesting in the street. Imagine walking into a area or building and you have no right to speak AT ALL which would be the same level of restriction we have with firearms.
But let’s take this one step further for the point of illustration.
The people you see at the VA looking for treatment are all Veterans who sacrificed health, limbs and lifespan to protect our nation and its freedoms. Many may have a drug problem, many may be drunk, some insane and some gravely injured or diseased to the point that you wonder how they can even function. This is the price these veterans have paid for our rights and freedoms and to keep us safe from the evils of this world and many of these problems are directly related to the stress and horror these patriots endured while serving our nation. Yet we not only deny the unfit and mentally ill from carrying weapons here we also prohibit the less disabled and even those with no physical or mental disabilities. The price paid for these rights is right before our eyes and yet we have no thought of their payment for these rights but rather worry about some illusion of a sense of security.
I myself walk with a limp and I have been directed by a doctor to not run as my knee deteriorates from too many years or running and carrying heavy loads and jumping off the back of 5 ton military trucks in fully body armor with a rucksack and weapon. I have worked guarding some of our nation’s most destructive weapons and done other duties for my nation that required secrecy, integrity, honor and reliability and yet I too even with advanced weapons training and a CCW permit have no legal right to carry in the VA despite a 2 decade + spotless record.
So once I leave the confines of the VA or the Post Office or other place that I am legally prohibited from carrying a weapon I am stuck. If someone or a group of thugs wants to harm or rob me I have little ability to run more than a few yards and I have been prohibited by law from carrying a weapon that the Bill of Rights of our nation says I have a right to carry in my own defense.
I am prohibited from enjoying the right that I spent my very body and youth to defend. - Tell me is that not a crime on some level?
I understand people want to feel safe and I understand some people have real problems that may make them a danger to others but once you get past the TSA officers at the VA screening desk who is there to stop the mentally ill from taking your life. Prohibited people need to be prohibited until they are healthy enough to carry, and no further.
We once had a document talking about inalienable rights; we need to get back to being that nation... My right to bear arms should not be confined due to someone feelings when I am on public lands or in a public place or public building. We paid for our rights with our lives, our blood and or bodys what more must we do?
