To continue the gun debate...

What a feisty dialogue I got started!  The issue in yesterday's post was not to take aim (sorry had to do it), at gun ownership; the issue was directly about the group known as Open Carry demanding the right to openly carry their legal guns at Arts, Beats, and Eats.  Yes, the Supreme Court has upheld the 2nd Amendment and people in this country can legally own a handgun and with the correct permits can take them out of their homes.  I think this is ridiculous and not what our founding fathers had in mind (and certainly God had nothing to do with any of the amendments), but I am not trying to take this right away (at least not with this or my prior blog).  The Supreme Court has said that there can be reasonable restrictions on guns.  Here is a reasonable restriction which is  state law; "places open to the public with seating over 2,500 people, or places where alcohol is sold, are pistol-free zones."  Now the head of Open Carry says that our state law states that municipal property, such as a city or township, cannot be a gun-free zone no matter what is occurring there.  I looked but could not find this info about municipal property anywhere.  No matter, because as I stated in yesterday's blog, it seems Royal Oak cannot afford a lawsuit, Open Carry wins and I am disgusted.  Now to just dispute some of the comments made on facebook.  It was mentioned that two cities ban gun ownership.  I found that D. C. has a ban on handguns, not rifles or shotguns, did not find any other city with a ban on handguns, doesn't mean there isn't one, just that I couldn't find it.  Someone stated that it is very seldom that legal guns are involved in criminal acts.  I read about such occurrences almost daily, and I believe there are three local people right now in courtrooms pleading their cases for accidentally, or on purpose, shooting someone with their legally owned gun.  Someone said that legal gun owners take it very serious and will not be drinking or the cause of any problems and to think otherwise is just left-wing brainwashing.  No it is not, some legal gun owners take it very seriously and will not be drinking or the cause of any problems, not all.  Because not all gun owners are as responsible as this respondent, I don't like the idea at all that anyone can carry their loaded gun anywhere.  On July 19th I wrote a blog about how a gun toting individual at the Westland fair got into an argument with two other people and starting firing off shots.  My grandbabies were there and could have been hit with an errant bullet.  Loaded guns, concealed or openly carried, do not belong where families go, where alcohol is sold, or to any public event.  I really don't get how anyone can argue with this because it is just common sense.
Rosemary