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Not everyone agrees with the second amendment.
Not everyone agrees with the second amendment.

By: LoneStar1776

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This week a prominent feminist was forced to cancel lectures at USU because of a threat made on her life.

Well, that's oversimplifying it, you see, Anita Sarkeesian, a feminist noteworthy for her comments on the portrayal of women in video games, had every intention of going through with the speech except for one minor hiccup, the state of Utah's gun laws.

According to Utah law, the government can't stop anyone from bringing a gun to a concealed event. So. although our second amendment rights are protected, there's no guarantee of any security at pretty much any event.

Although the university promised to provide security, how can anyone feel safe if you can't legally take a gun from someone.

Does the right to carry a concealed weapon outweigh the safety of someone who simply wants to speak their mind on an issue.

The threat on Sarkeesian was one of gun violence, so why couldn't we put away our guns for one day to hear an individual express their opinions, as protected by the first amendment.

Yes, many gun owners are responsible, and that guns in hands of honest citizens can in some cases make us safer.

I'm also not saying protecting the second amendment is bad, but can we at least find a compromise somewhere.

Are there lives worth protecting that we are willing to occasionally give up our weapons for?

Even gun owners understand the sacrifices we must make for safety of others.

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Second amendment shouldn't infringe on our other freedoms

Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:45 am

Daines knows Montanans care about their weapons

I am glad to see Congressman Steve Daines strong support of our Second Amendment rights. He is an outdoorsman and sportsman that knows the residents of Montana care about their guns.

Amanda Curtis fails in comparison with her well-below F rating from The Montana Shooting Sports Association and historic F from the NRA. I am disappointed that she would come out and say she is pro-gun when she voted against our Second Amendment rights 23 out of 24 times during her time in the state Legislature.

The facts are right there, and despite what Amanda Curtis says, she is far from pro-gun. Someone with this stance does not accurately represent Montanans.

The difference is clear between these two candidates. We need to stand with Steve Daines, who will protect our rights to bear arms.

- James Burke, Libby

Posted in Letters to the editor on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:45 am.

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Daines knows Montanans care about their weapons

Brad Pitt Is Packing - Brad Says He Doesn #39;t Feel Safe Without A Gun - Second Amendment - F F
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Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights
PA State Rep. Rick Saccone highlights legislation to protect your Second Amendment rights from unconstitutional municipal gun control ordinances.

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Gun Control: The Second Amendment Under Attack!
The attack on the Constitution continues! Your 2nd Amendment right to bear arms so you can change government when it #39;s too corrupt, will soon be gone. That #39;s...

By: Cecilia Perkins

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A federal judge filed a ruling Monday that eviscerated the lawsuit filed by 126 Seattle cops decrying their employer's new use-of-force policies.

The cops filed a suit in May claiming that federally mandated use-of-force policies intended to correct a 2011 Department of Justice finding of "pattern of excessive force" in the department violated officers' constitutional rights to self-defense and legal searches and seizures.

The suit was filed against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the City of Seattle, Mayor Ed Murray, former Mayor Mike McGinn, the Seattle police chief, City Attorney Pete Holmes and Merrick Bobb, the Department of Justice's monitor of the Seattle Police Department, among several others.

The lawsuit argued that the new force guidelines, which took effect Jan. 1, violated officers' Second Amendment right to bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, as well as a Fourth Amendment right to be protected from illegal seizures. The complaint also alleged a violation of the Equal Protection Clause, saying the new force policies burdened their fundamental rights.

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At the time, the Seattle Police Department distanced itself from the claims of its officers and U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan derided the lawsuit as "without merit."

Judge Marsha Pechman seemed to agree in her Monday dismissal of the lawsuit.

First, she granted Bobb's motion to dismiss the suit against him because he is legally immune from lawsuits as an actor of the federal court at the behest of a judge.

As for the Second Amendment complaint, Pechman wrote, "(W)hile the Second Amendment protects and individual's right to bear arms, the Second Amendment does not provide that individuals have a right to use a firearm in any particular way."

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Federal court dismisses SPD cops' lawsuit decrying use-of-force reforms

Gun Sense
It #39;s time for gun control reform. Carrying guns into public restaurants and bars only lays ground work for potential trouble. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment does not...

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The owner of the Boscawen pizza parlor looked uncomfortably at the 45 mm handgun strapped to Robert Forsythes hip.

The gun was legal, Forsythe told him reassuringly. A Republican candidate for a House seat in Merrimack County District 8, Forsythe who pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon without a permit earlier this year has campaigned almost entirely on Second Amendment issues.

Sometimes, he said, when asked whether people get nervous around the gun or question him about it. They never say anything, really. If they do, its usually a chance for him to educate them about existing gun laws.

The gun is legal because New Hampshire has long been an open carry state, where residents can carry a handgun without a permit as long as its visible. After his arrest, Forsythe got his concealed weapon permit, which allows him to carry the gun hidden from view or with him in a car something that isnt legal under the open carry law.

The focus of Forsythes campaign is something candidates expect will create controversy during the next legislative session: the prospect of constitutional carry. Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona and Vermont are among the states that have constitutional carry, in which a government-issued license to carry isnt mandated.

I would co-sponsor constitutional carry, and if I cant push that through, Ill at least try to sponsor legislation to allow loaded rifles in cars. Nobody ever uses a rifle in road rage, said Forsythe, a 32-year-old former U.S. Army medic.

Issues such as the economy, Medicaid expansion and Northern Pass are secondary to Second Amendment issues for Forsythe, and he isnt shy about it.

Its been proven many times . . . the more armed citizens you have, the safer you are, Forsythe said.

The gun-regulation divide surfaced again recently after the state Department of Safetys changes to the concealed carry license application prompted pushback from gun-rights activists. Constitutional carry discussions will be taken up this next session, said Pat Sullivan, executive director of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police.

This keeps rearing its head in many different forms, Sullivan said. What we have currently works, and if its not broken, dont try to fix it.

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A campaign to carry