"Just Wondering" wrote in message
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On 3/3/2011 1:36 PM, CW wrote:
"Just wrote in message
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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.

No, it isn't.

It's not that the
property owner has no rights,

True. He still has the rights that the state lets him keep.


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).

Why don't they simply pass a law against having someone stand outside
business establishments forcing people at gun point to enter.

Personally I like being protected from
exposure to cancer risks.

Can't take care of yourself so need the government to do it for you. Got it.