imperialism2024
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As I'm sure all Pennsylvanians are aware, as of today (September 11th, in case this post takes me past midnight to write), private property rights no longer exist for businesses in this Commonwealth. Apparently, anything under the guise of "public safety" will trump the ability of a business to regulate with whom it conducts business and the terms with which business is conducted.
Is this perhaps an opportunity to exploit the State Legislature's stupidity in order to gain greater freedoms for those who carry guns in Pennsylvania? Quite simply, study after study after study proves that carrying a gun is both an individual and societal benefit in stopping violent crime. Since violent crime obviously is unhealthy, it is obvious what must be done to make Pennsylvania as safe as possible: extend our firearms preemption to all businesses open to the public. Everyone would be safer, and we wouldn't have to worry about getting kicked out of stores, restaurants, and events because we're openly carrying guns.
And it's a win-win scenario. Even if we lose the battle to force businesses to accept gun owners, it would surely bring about at least some discussion about restoring private property rights to business owners.
If there's any interest, could we find anyone to sponsor such a bill?
While this was somewhat of a rant, don't mistake it for sarcasm, as it is a serious proposal... though I haven't worked out the finer details.
As I'm sure all Pennsylvanians are aware, as of today (September 11th, in case this post takes me past midnight to write), private property rights no longer exist for businesses in this Commonwealth. Apparently, anything under the guise of "public safety" will trump the ability of a business to regulate with whom it conducts business and the terms with which business is conducted.
Is this perhaps an opportunity to exploit the State Legislature's stupidity in order to gain greater freedoms for those who carry guns in Pennsylvania? Quite simply, study after study after study proves that carrying a gun is both an individual and societal benefit in stopping violent crime. Since violent crime obviously is unhealthy, it is obvious what must be done to make Pennsylvania as safe as possible: extend our firearms preemption to all businesses open to the public. Everyone would be safer, and we wouldn't have to worry about getting kicked out of stores, restaurants, and events because we're openly carrying guns.
And it's a win-win scenario. Even if we lose the battle to force businesses to accept gun owners, it would surely bring about at least some discussion about restoring private property rights to business owners.
If there's any interest, could we find anyone to sponsor such a bill?
While this was somewhat of a rant, don't mistake it for sarcasm, as it is a serious proposal... though I haven't worked out the finer details.