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In article <MPG.110dd37dbdeaff099896f7@news.dimensional.com>,
   nospam@me.com (W A Collier) wrote:
>In article <77mnhi$sjt$1@news1.rmi.net>, dand@rmi.net says...
>> In co.general Drew Eckhardt <drew@village.org> wrote:
>> ->>How has your right to keep and bear a firearm been infringed by
>> ->>a concealed carry ban?  
>> 
>> ->Carrying concealed is a form of bearing arms.
>> 
>> Your right to keep and bear arms has NOT been infringed by
>> requiring a permit to carry concealed.
>> 
>
>Ah but it has if the abitrary and capricous denial of my application for 
>a concealed carry permit is turned down by the local sherrif because the 
>local pols dont want concealed carries issued.  I think they should have 
>to show cause why I personally cannot carry a concealed weapon (i.e. 
>explain why they are denying that facet of my 2nd amendment rights), 
>rather than for me to prove to their (arbitrary) satisfaction that I need 
>to carry a concealed weapon.  In other words, Im pissed because the 
>sherrif can deny me the conceled carry "just because" with no recouse on 
>my part for the arbitrary application of the law.  The only people they 
>routinely issue those permits to are other cops and ex-cops.  I'm a 
>former soldier who put it on the line for my country and Constitution, 
>and have every bit as good a training as they do - I probably have more 
>range time than most cops as I put at least 400 rounds of 40-S&W through 
>my glock at least every other weekend.  But I cant get a carry permit 
>because "the simply arent issued" (as was told to me) since I live inside 
>Aurora city limits (for now - Im moving to CO Springs this summer).
>
>
>I guess I just rambled on, but the point is, my rights shouldnt be 
>subject to the arbitrary abridgement by local law enforcement.

Exactly. Civil rights are supposed to be rights that govt can't abridge, just 
like the 2nd Amendment says. Hand off. Period. And don't come back with the 
"fire in a crowded theatre" lame argument because I think that law is wrong 
too.



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