The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii law requiring licensed permit holders to obtain a property owner's express permission before carrying a firearm onto private property open to the...
An empty house is not a public space where the public is allowed to enter without consent. So this is a terrible analogy.
A bike is not public property that the public is allowed to ride off with without consent. So this is a terrible analogy.
Dining and dashing is not a public right that the public is allowed to do. So this is a terrible analogy.
You may disagree with the constitution or with how courts have consistently interpreted the constitution over the last 100 years, but the Supreme Court has consistently decided that being able to carry a gun in public spaces is a right. I certainly don’t agree with allowing people to carry guns everywhere in public, but that is the law we have.
How do you know a house is not a public space? How do you know a bike is not public property? How do I know the restaurant expected me to wait to pay? We know because by default you do not have permission to do these things without explicit permission. The rights of the owner supercede the rights of a random member of the public by default. Private property law applies even if they private property has a public use.
We have a right to freedom of religion. That doesn’t mean I can erect a cross on the front lawn of a McDonalds just because there is no sign saying I can’t.
The court defends gun rights here in a way they would not defend any other constitutional right.
An empty house is not a public space where the public is allowed to enter without consent. So this is a terrible analogy.
A bike is not public property that the public is allowed to ride off with without consent. So this is a terrible analogy.
Dining and dashing is not a public right that the public is allowed to do. So this is a terrible analogy.
You may disagree with the constitution or with how courts have consistently interpreted the constitution over the last 100 years, but the Supreme Court has consistently decided that being able to carry a gun in public spaces is a right. I certainly don’t agree with allowing people to carry guns everywhere in public, but that is the law we have.
How do you know a house is not a public space? How do you know a bike is not public property? How do I know the restaurant expected me to wait to pay? We know because by default you do not have permission to do these things without explicit permission. The rights of the owner supercede the rights of a random member of the public by default. Private property law applies even if they private property has a public use.
We have a right to freedom of religion. That doesn’t mean I can erect a cross on the front lawn of a McDonalds just because there is no sign saying I can’t.
The court defends gun rights here in a way they would not defend any other constitutional right.