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In reply to the discussion: Sheriff: Ban On Open Carrying At Polls Not Enforceable [View all]3825-87867
(838 posts)The First Amendment says we have freedom of speech (except in a crowded theater screaming "Fire" .
However, governments here have restricted legal protests (1st Amendment Rights?) time and again because they've been "worried" about problems. As I stated in another post, we were denied access to Bush's RNC in NYC in 2004 when Rudy set up "Free speech zones" blocks away. That was ok'ed by the courts. And isn't it funny that the protestors didn't "Arm themselves" and ignore the ruling? And none of them threatened harm or any kind of retribution or militia action for denying their right to protest.
Nobody is denying your 2nd Amendment right to carry if it's the law. But they, local and state governments, can decide WHERE you can carry if that might (in their opinion) cause problems and/or safety concerns and that precedent has been set and ruled on by courts.
Setting a Gun free zone away from polling places is no worse or evidently more illegal than setting a curfew in Portland for protestors so they can't express their right to peaceful gatherings.
It's America 2020 - we actually and truly have no rights any longer.