Thursday, January 19, 2023

Oh Ruby, don't take your gun to town

A New Jersey law forbade licensed handgun owners from taking their weapons into nightclubs, theaters, arenas, concert halls, racetracks, and museums.  A judge recently threw out that portion of the law, saying it would force a licensed gun owner to “navigate a veritable minefield,” since she or he would have difficulty remembering where guns were allowed and where they weren’t allowed.

Why would you want to take a gun into a night club?  When you order a “shooter,” that actually isn’t an invitation to a gun fight.  And concert halls?  Are you planning to shoot the tuba player?  And a race track?  “They shoot horses, don’t they” was the title of a movie, not an invitation.  

Leave the goddam gun in a locked cabinet, unloaded, and at home, you jerk.

Info for this post is from Tracey Tully, “Much of a New Jersey Law on Gun Limits Is Blocked, New York Times, (Jan. 10, 2023), p. A13.

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