Comments on: If you ever go on a tour of Philadelphia …

By: PoppI

PoppI — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:34:04 +0000

10-4. Thank you Prof

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:27:23 +0000

Naw, the Liberty Bell is in its own museum-like structure just across the street. The Liberty Bell was one of those, “Eh, I’ve seen it now” things. Independence Hall was pretty remarkable.

By: PoppI

PoppI — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:14:09 +0000

Is that where the liberty bell is? That would be the bees knees as they say. =)

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:38:52 +0000

No metal detectors or pat downs when we went to Independence Hall, and nobody said anything about firearms.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:36:15 +0000

According to state law, yes. The feds have no such requirement, and the supremacy clause prevents Pennsylvania from forcing it on federal facilities.

By: PoppI

PoppI — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:30:32 +0000

Okay, so barring the outhouse facility, they ‘must’ have a way to accomodate my firearm?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:00:12 +0000

Any federal facility. It could be argued this applies to an outhouse in a National Park. As far as I know, there’s not much case law here.

By: PoppI

PoppI — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:55:45 +0000

What about other federal buildings? If I go on a tour this spring with my girl I don’t want to have to walk back to the car and cause a fuss. No problem if it would be like the courthouse scenario.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:28 +0000

There is. Courthouses in PA are required to allow you to check your firearms. Most will send you over to the sheriff’s office, and the deputies will keep it for you during your time in court.

By: PoppI

PoppI — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:33:39 +0000

Concealed means concealed. But in reality, when I went into the courthouse, there were metal detectors and whatnot. Now I *thought* there was also a law/provision for a safe place to store/temporarily surrender your firearm upon entry and you could pick it up.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:52:17 +0000

“No carrying in the building that The Constitution was signed in”

Oops. They can’t arrest you after the fact, with no evidence, can they?

That’s a hypothetical question, you understand.

By: PoppI

PoppI — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:41:48 +0000

Well, if lawful purposes includes carrying a concealed weapon/licensed/noncriminal, it’s fine the way it is. ?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:26:13 +0000

No… there’s a process that has to be gone through in order to make a change to the Code of Federal regulations. There will be a public comment period beginning in April.

By: PoppI

PoppI — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:34:10 +0000

Still hasn’t happened yet I take it. I’ve seriously thought about it (have considerable amount of resources/would be able to get support from various groups, clean civil background, well documented/trained, etc)… because I’d rather it be a person like me than Unkeptnik Joe who carries his pistol in his pocket with an expired ccw or worse. =\

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:37:08 +0000

Maybe. You want to volunteer to be the test case? :)

By: PoppI

PoppI — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:30:48 +0000

Doesn’t D(3) cover other lawful purposes = carrying for ones own safety? ’self-defense’ is what is on my id card… that’s a lawful purpose…

By: Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:05:12 +0000

So that thing about Washington boning Betsy Ross wasn’t true???

By: Alcibiades McZombie

Alcibiades McZombie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:45:44 +0000

That George Washington/Abe Lincoln thing is so easy to disprove. Washington died 10 years before Lincoln was born.

Only an idiot tour guide would tell that lie.