Reply #56: Should open carry be the law of the land? [View All]

On public land, yes. On private property, no. I'm as pro-gun as they come but I think we need to respect peoples right to dictate the rules on their property. If they want to refuse me entrance for carrying a gun, so be it. I'll just take my business elsewhere.

I don't see why so many people are in an uproar over this. Everyone keeps bringing up Starbucks and stores and how you don't need guns there, but I don't see anything about this forcing store owners to let gun owners carry on their property. Why can't we just settle this as a matter or property rights instead of making it an emotional argument about guns? If I own the land (and we ALL own and finance public land) I have a right to be armed, as well as the right to permit others to be armed. Naturally, if I don't own the land then my ability to carry is merely a privilege granted me by the owner.

For those of you that are so against this, does your supposed "right" to drink your coffee without having to *GASP!* see a gun supersede the right of the owner to run his business how he chooses and let people carry if he sees fit? If you don't like a store's policies don't shop there, it's that simple. I think it's important not to lose sight of the fact that our wallets are as powerful a means of voting as any.