I suppose for somewhat the same reason that you need a permit (it's actually a permit) to have a peaceful public demonstration, or perhaps post a document in a public place.
I'm all for specific gun permits, and I'm all for requiring a reasonable amount of certified training. I believe it balances well between personal right/responsibility and the reasonable expectation of others to not be accidentally shot. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Supreme Court finds individual right to own guns > > > Adam wrote: > > Now, how many licensed-to-carry taxpayers have committed handgun > crimes > > If we interpret the Constitution to say that *an individual* has the > right to bear arms (and it would be an interpretation since the > Constitution is vague on the topic), why do citizens need a license? > > Shouldn't any citizen be able to "bear arms", any arms, anywhere, > anytime? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262908 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
