Boo Radley
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While they look reasonable, in fact they are not reasonable. It is all these little "exceptions" that destroyed the 2nd Amendment as we see it today. When our Forefathers (IF you give them any weight) wrote the 2nd Amendment, all of these "exceptions" were known to them, and they put no limit on gun control,...in fact they specifically wrote, "Shall Not Be Infringed." Now how can anyone screw up those words????????
Those words have never been as absolute as some try to make them. At times the courts have ruled that regulation is quite reasonable. They do have some contradictory rulings, true, but regulation has always been allowed ins ome form or another. I think they look at the first part, the well regulated part. However, as we both can pull up qualified opinion to support eithe rside, which is one reason I think the amendment is porrly written.
What makes something reasonable has somethign to do with need versus response. There is no real reason to have a gun in the classroom. You save nor protect yourself from anything, but bring an unnecessary risk to the classroom.