Quote Originally Posted by bicker View Post
What Peggy wrote was about carrying a loaded gun into a government building, and carrying a loaded gun into a crowd. Self-defense absolutely is a red herring in those contexts.
It looks like bae beat me to the punch and he is exactly right.

I spent over 30 years of my life carrying weapons in every possible combination of buildings, crowds, events, cities and states, all for the purpose of defense, mine and others. Why would you or anyone else want to strip me of that ability and what interests are served by doing so?