Alphecca

I don't see why there should be a problem having a gun in the trunk of your car - no matter where you are. I'm not quite as thrilled with the idea of someone having a loaded handgun within hand's reach while they're driving - although I can see the need for personal protection at times. There are a lot of crazy people already on the roads who don't mind using their vehicle as a deadly weapon, and I think it might be better not to give them one more thing to use while they're in the midst of road rage.

As far as guns in the courtrooms, I'd rather not have them there. I can picture too many divorce courts turning ugly really fast.

You have spewed virtually the same argument from the anti-gunners about concealed carry, that say, people would be shooting each other over road rage or fender benders, and none of that has come true.

Remember Brian Nichols? Guy who killed a few people in the courtroom? The police failed to stop him, telling me that I shouldn't solely rely on them when it comes to protecting myself in the courtroom.

Your view about guns in the courtroom seems to think that people are savages incapable of exercising restraint, and the only thing keeping us from slaughtering each other is denying access to guns.

Sounds fair to me, all except the part about leaving Homer.

I only have one problem with this:

"Gun owners also will be allowed to keep their firearms in their vehicles, even if a car is parked on private property where the owner has a no-gun policy."

If a property owner doesn't want guns on their property, they should be able to exclude those people who aren't willing to leave their guns off the property. It's their property and they should be allowed to do as they see fit.

The NRA has been making a big deal about this, saying that gun owners are being denied their rights, but I see it as them trying to impose their wishes on other private entities. Private citizens cannot, by definition, deny others' rights on their own property. If it was guns in the trunk on government (ie, public) property, no, they shouldn't be able to exclude that. But private property owners should. My right to behave in any manner I wish ends where someone else's property begins.

Private property owners should be able to set whatever conditions they want for others wishing to enter their property. If my neighbor says no guns, that's his right. If I say all women wishing to come on my property must do so topless, that's my right, too.