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chad4359 t1_j8wjgqr wrote

>He was screened again about 20 minutes later because he lacked an ID card when he reentered the building to report to work for his employer, according to the complaint.

>Screening with a metal detector revealed he had a third weapon, a .380-caliber pistol loaded with a magazine of six rounds, in his back pants pocket, the complaint indicated.

You could make the argument that you forgot you had the other two in your bag but to leave and come back with one on your person is just straight up idiotic

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GargantuanWitch t1_j8wzibn wrote

No responsible gun owner "forgets" where two firearms are, sorry. It's the antithesis of "being responsible."

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BeMancini t1_j8xd3pk wrote

At no point was this man attempting to commit a mass shooting, he simply wanted to exercise his right to protect himself like any law-abiding and responsible gun owner.

Also, like any responsible gun owner, he apparently has no idea where at least three of his guns are at any given time. He didn’t know he had two guns in his bag. He didn’t know he was carrying another pistol in his pants’ pocket. You know, like any reasonable, safe, legal gun owner trying to enter a federal building.

By the way, both of my above statements are speculation on my part. The article doesn’t mention anything about his reasons for trying twice to bring firearms into a federal building where it is prohibited.

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chad4359 t1_j8x1dpj wrote

I said the argument could be made, not that it is a good one

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leadfoot9 t1_j96c716 wrote

I kind of agree, BUT...

The proportion of human adults who meet this level of "responsible" is probably no more than about 60%, and this is incompatible with our current system of allowing gun ownership by default to virtually all adults except convicted felons. I should not be allowed to walk into a store and buy a gun solely by virtue of how long it's been since I came out of my mother's vagina. The absolute lowest bar possible would be to require me to have at least taken some sort of half-assed safety course, like you do for cars or boats or even for a hunting license.

And, of course, here in PA we regulate the sale of NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER more heavily than we do the sale of ammunition.

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