Hijacking the usual summary -- act accordingly.
Y'know I can comprehend (but not sympathize) why Texans are like that. Living up to all that Texas-Ranger-Alamo-Davy-Crockett-John-Wayne thang, playing cowboys for the better part of the last century, all that gun-totin' and shootin'-iron stuff is part of their, for lack of a better term, culture.
But, really, how does that play into Michigan culture?
The state Senate just passed two bills that would — get this — ban open carry firearms in polling places and surrounding areas, including temporary early-voting sites. These two bills now have to pass in the state House before our beloved Gov Whitmer may sign them into Michigan law with her mightier-than-the-sword fountain pen. Apparently, these proposed bills may meet some GOP resistance.
What I want to know is, and I'm asking the as-of-today 256 subscribed members and also non-subscribed visitors of this community, the answer to one thing…
Why would anybody ever realistically need a firearm in a voting booth?
Is the hunting good? Are there bats or owls in the rafters? Is Frank Miller in town? No, not that coincidentally-named Frank Miller, the emotionally-stunted adolescent-fiction writer/illustrator. Maybe you heard there's gonna be skeet afterward? Maybe just to be "prepared for anything"? Or you're just paranoid.
All snark aside, someone has got to explain this to me and/or why the state House of Representatives would ever try to block a no-brainer set of bills from passing.
I think it’s high time we ban gun ownership outright in this country. This is a good first step towards that. Open carrying at polling places only serves to intimidate.
Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.
I get where you're coming from, but on a practical level such laws would almost universally be enforced against minorities and the disenfranchised, while cops and fascists will be allowed to keep their guns unchallenged. I absolutely do not trust any level of US government or law enforcement to enforce gun bans fairly and evenly.
I really hate how right you are about this =\
Ban the government and police from owning and carrying guns first, then we'll talk.