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The Leatherstocking
- Jan 29, 2009
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Here it comes......
LOL
Maybe, but I'd like to think that we are all adults here and can have a conversation.
While I understand your point. I cannot agree with his sentiment on the issue. It is rather selfish to say “Good” to anyone else’s infringement because we are infringed.
It's not a matter of being glad that someone else is infringed. It's a matter of being glad that we are all being treated the same, and that some people don't get "special rights" because of their jobs.
I'm not happy that my friends that are cops are having their rights infringed, I am happy because that part of the law doesn't continue the Maryland tradition of creating special classes of citizen who have more rights than others do. Whether that be business owners who can get carry permits that others can't, or police officers who can buy guns and magazines that others can't, the whole idea that some people get more rights than others because of their jobs is insulting and unconstitutional.
In this case, they got the law right in treating everyone the same, regardless of if they are a business owner and have a carry permit, if they're a cop, or if they're Joe Plumber who has 100 guns in a safe at home, or if they're Sally Accountant who is buying her first pistol ever. Of course, that sets aside the fact that I think Maryland's entire gun purchasing scheme is stupid and unconstitutional to begin with, but for that one small part (i.e. that everyone gets treated the same) they got it right.