A federal judge in Florida ruled a U.S. law that prohibits people from having firearms in post offices to be unconstitutional, the latest court decision declaring gun restrictions violate the Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump appointee, cited the 2022 Supreme Court ruling “New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen” that expanded gun rights. The 2022 ruling recognized the individual’s right to bear a handgun in public for self-defense.
The judge shared her decision in the indictment that charged Emmanuel Ayala, U.S. Postal Service truck driver, with illegal possession of a firearm in a federal building.
On my feed rn there is an article about a kid who shot up a grocery store possibly getting the death penalty, so this is actually a pretty good example. “Yes.”
Concealed carry. Open carry is antiquated, it comes from the idea that since everyone carried back in the day that only a criminal intent on victimizing another would conceal their arms. This is obviously patently stupid to assume, and now proponents of open carry like to tout that it intimidates those that would otherwise wish to victimize them. In reality it just makes them a target. But the way the laws are set up in most states, it is legal to carry concealed with a permit, and legal to carry openly without one, frankly I think that should be reversed, but it is the actual reason most people who open carry choose to do so. Their supposed reasoning that “it intimidates would be attackers” is just a justification because “I don’t wanna get a permit” sounds less convincing.
Well, I can tell you live in a good neighborhood. Unfortunately many people in the world are in a less financially stable situation and are forced to be in areas that aren’t exactly safe, like their local neighborhood grocery store, gas station, park, street, apartment, etc. I’m sure they’d love to live in a gated community, but $500 for a glock and another $100 for a stack of 9mm is a lot cheaper.
I carry a pocket knife to cut open boxes, snip errant strings from shirt’s armpits, etc. To do that, I have to have the knife on me when I encounter the box or feel/notice the string. I carry the gun to defend myself from guys with knives or guns who are attempting to use them to kill me or someone near me, to do that, I have to have the gun on me when the guy with a knife decides to victimize me. Can’t use what you don’t have.
I also have a leatherman in my backpack I use all the time, I never feel like I need pliers in the grocery store either, but I didn’t spawn in the grocery store, there’s a whole world outside of it, and again grocery stores have been the target of criminals before.