On 3/3/2011 1:36 PM, CW wrote:
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On 3/2/2011 9:27 AM, Josepi wrote:
Can that actually be true in The USA?

Can a store violate the constitution, on their private property, telling
people they have a right to bear arms?


It's private property. A property owner has a right to control how his
property is used.

Not around here. If it is open for business, it is no longer private
property. That is the justification they used when they told businesses they
could no long allow people to smoke on their premises. Now that they have
established that your private business is not private, it is subject to the
wishes of the state, what's next?


It's more complicated than that. It's not that the property is no
longer private, it is still private property. It's not that the
property owner has no rights, it is the balancing of his rights against
the rights of other people to be free from exposure to carcinogens (in
the form of second-hand smoke). Personally I like being protected from
exposure to cancer risks. But as a purely constitutional matter, has
SCOTUS ruled on the states' power to impose those kind of restrictions?