tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post421893723033261752..comments2023-04-16T07:54:12.935-07:00Comments on North Mesa Mutts: Barking Back in Bombtown: Tragedy in Aztec, RevisitedKhalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post-36604115934643600152017-12-31T22:29:46.404-08:002017-12-31T22:29:46.404-08:00This should be a due process/Constitutional issue,...This should be a due process/Constitutional issue, not one where a decision is made on the whim of a politician or appointed bureaucrat. If there is a question of one's suitability, it should be incumbent on the government to prove its case in court rather than asserting the power to deny a right by mere fiat.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post-66126350599665718082017-12-20T08:43:03.249-08:002017-12-20T08:43:03.249-08:00The Bottom line is that the "Vetted May Issue...The Bottom line is that the "Vetted May Issue" System praised by anti-gun people is, in fact, a myth.<br /><br />My first Massachusetts permit was a LTC A, with a "Restricted to Target and Hunting" stamp, meaning my "License To Carry" as LTC stands for was for anything but.<br /><br />This denial was given to me by the CHEIF's secretary. She was not a peace officer, nor did she even ever ask my name.<br /><br />The bottom line was at that time (it can change as Chiefs change) Medford Massachusetts was essentially a no-issue town, with some very crass exceptions to those who were politically connected to the Chief of Police.<br /><br />If you were a politician, Police Officer, or Fireman, or the family there of, you could in fact get a carry permit, but all others were denied, sight unseen.<br /><br />I know of no places where a true "May Issue" system exists...and frankly such a system could NOT exist in this country.<br /><br />Think about it. Let's say you are an upstanding citizen, clean criminal background, gainfully employed....but the Chief feels, maybe because you have a Trump Bumper Sticker on your truck, or agree with Black Lives Matter's innate distrust in the police, that you are "Unsuitable".<br /><br />Doesn't that not only violate your 2nd Amendment Right (and I suspect you know where I stand on the scope of that Amendment) but also your 1st Amendment rights?<br /><br />There are only two just systems. My Personal preference being the Constitutional Carry model, where if you can walk into a gun shop and buy a handgun, there is no legal reason why you shouldn't carry it out of the store concealed if you so wish.<br /><br />(And think about it, there was nothing stopping your uncle from carrying his gun except for his respect for the law....and shouldn't his respect for the law be even more strong when it comes to murder and assault, and other fears the anti-gun lobby uses to oppose concealed carry? But somebody with NO respect for the law, or human life, isn't going to be concerned with a slip of paper that validates their concealed weapon....or the legal system that declares them prohibited from owning or using firearms because they are say a convicted felon)<br /><br />Or I can concede that a Shall Issue system is just. If you are to be denied your right to keep and BEAR arms, that right should only be stripped by a court and a jury of your peers. (5th and 6th Amendments)<br /><br />In reality a public servant should not be able to exercise their own subjective whims, instead rights should only be stripped by due process of law.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com