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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Oct1.html

Gotta admit, this is sorta funny in context. Fairfax county VA, home of the NRA. Falls Church (local) gov't drafts a policy that municipal employees should call the police whenever someone walks into a gov't building carrying a firearm. Nothing more req'd.

THe thing is, Virginia has an open-carry law for some types of guns, and a concealed carry law (which I favor, at least in comparison). So 30 gun-types go to the next city council meeting openly carrying guns. Good times ensue!

They make a point, not strong, but a point. Their point is, they agree that gov't employees and all others should call the police whenever they see something that they believe is truly suspicious (which I agree with, its way better than waiting for crimes to occur, and locals are often the best judge of what is suspicious). But carrying a gun is not, in and of itself, suspicious.

Virginians seem to think that Northern Virginia is not really part of the rest of the state (and the rest of the state is pretty hard-core old school conservative and law-abiding I'd add). So I'm sure the rest of the state is getting a good kick out of the Falls Church city council being quoted in this article. Stuff like, "it was scary" (paraphrase, I think), etc....

Yes, watching citizens fulfill their constitutional and state-granted rights must be scary to liberal politicians. I know some of y'all won't see the humor in this, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Hello

Just to be clear here, you're saying you are opposed to the government gathering information about the activities of citizens where the government has no reason to suspect them of unlawful behavior?

Good, so am I; I consider laws like this invasive and unconstitutional. I expect you'll stand with us against the Patriot Act. (Feel free to bring your gun).