Why do we need laws against standing next to golf courses with guns? It's already illegal to shoot the president.
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I don't know if it was ever confirmed that he shot the gun.
He probably didn't shoot becaue it is illegal to shoot a gun towards an ex-president.
Nah, he was protecting the president from gators.
Nope. Per CBS, He never had line of sight on Trump and never fired his weapon.
The Secret Service says the agent opened fire at the suspect, who "did not fire or get off any shots at our agent," according to acting director Ronald Rowe.
I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that he did not. He didn't even have a line of sight of Trump and was (apparently) still waiting for that opportunity.
He didn't shoot the president. He was just exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, you commie socialist!
Florida has a dumbass law where you can open carry while hunting and fishing. Dude could just say he was hunting anacondas or whatever they kill in Florida
A law allowing you to carry a gun while hunting, blasphemy!!!
Sorry, it's on the way to or from, should have been more clear. But also... Fishing?
Gators, sharks, snakes, panthers, snapping turtles, wild boar, FloridaMan...
Also, that's like the least insane thing about Florida. They banned open carry in public but allow permit-free(!) concealed carry. Most states allow open carry and require permits for concealed.
They don't have enough evidence to get an attempted assassination charge, let alone a conviction. So they want to throw other crimes at the guy.
Standing by or on a golf course carrying a loaded weapon in itself is not a crime, depending on various details, and the state.
This is one of those things where things probably need to get worse before a constitutional amendment would be proposed and passed, unfortunately. I mean is even the serial number requirement constitutional based on that supreme court ruling?
The problem i see as a gun owner is that the longer sensible gun education, sensible laws and sensible programs surrounding firearms aren't in place, the higher the chance of insane laws. Someone is going to "lose" and someone is going to "win" and it's become so emotionally charged that it won't end well for anyone.
A problem is that the gun lobby is against even those basic laws of requiring basic gun safety like gun storage and they have a huge influence. I would be fine to start to require those basics and see how much that improves it. It would be a step, possibly a large one, in safety.
The NRA used to teach gun safety, in schools. This was pushed out by antigun groups. So no it wasn't the gun lobby...look elsewhere
Also fuck the NRA
If he wasn't already a felon I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have broken any laws at all.
He also had a gun with the serial number removed. Also a felony.
One small thing about this Originalist era we're in, at least it paves the way for historians to have a whole bunch of important expertise.
History? Sounds like something they teach at them librul brain washing institutions we call colleges. No way I trust those “experts” more than I trust my own feelings.
It's frightening to see that ol' Lord Sankey was dead on the money way back in October 1929 when he penned the "living tree" doctrine.
The justices have a shootout.
Last one standing dictates verdict.
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