Recent content by TheArchDuke

Absolutely not! The government shouldn't be forcing us to do anything! They should stay the hell out of it and let individuals decide. EDITED TO ADD: By the way "stay the hell out" also means repeal all gun laws.

I think I pretty much covered that one. As a business owner, I should have the right to be racist and say no black people allowed. And as free people, you all have the right to ostracize me and I'll either go out of business or I'll have to start letting black people in. No need for racist...

Do you think you have the right to free speech in my place of business? Can I kick you out for saying something I don't like in my store?

Coming up on a year since I've ordered mine. I don't think they bought it.

Yuck. I just wrote the scumbags. I need to go rinse.

Right but the constitution doesn't give government the power to force it's will on a business whether pro-gun or anti-gun. The constitution forbids the government infringing on our rights but it doesn't have any rules for private property owners. It is a restriction on them, not us. So on public...

big44, There shouldn't be any difference. You do not have to enter my storefront if you don't feel safe. If you leave your gun in the car, come in to shop, and some crazy guy shoots you, that's no one's fault but the guy who decided to pull the trigger. If you don't want to put yourself in...

hehe Ok you're not quite makin' the journey with me here. You-don't-have-rights when you're on another person's property. You do not have the right to free speech in my house. You can say what I let you say or else you can leave. You don't have rights there because I own it and you don't have to...

Again, those laws are wrong. If I own a piece of property I should be able to do whatever I want with it. I should be able to open a store or build a house no matter where that property is. And I should be able to allow or ban any items or even people that I want from that property. After all...

Big 44- How is my private store front any less my property? Who are you (or the politicians) to say what I should or shouldn't allow on my property? Do you pay the rent? I agree. A store owner who bans guns in his store should go out of business. And I would probably facilitate that process by...

I agree whole heartedly, sage

I like the first point. I don't agree with the second. You don't have to go to places that don't allow guns and the employees don't have to work there. It's not the business owner's fault if someone commits a shooting in their store. Come on. I thought we all believed in blaming ONLY the person...

Not "wrong" as in "incorrect". I meant "wrong" as in "immoral". It's wrong that the state forces businesses to allow guns on their property if the property owner doesn't want that. Just like it's wrong for another state to forbid people from carrying guns at all. Or just like it's wrong for...

I agree it's a bad idea but it's THEIR business. They can do whatever they want and you don't have to shop there. They have the right to ban guns, dogs, apple pies, fat people, looney toons shirts, or whatever else they want. It might be bad for business but whatever. Let them go out of business...

mljdeckard - "Not necessarily. In many states, including mine, the state has pre-emption. Meaning, the state decides where guns are and are not allowed." Ok but that's wrong. If I own a restaurant or a car dealership, it's my property, same as my house. I should be able to make my house and my...