Comments on: Maine Passes Law Allowing Citizens to Conceal Carry Without Permit

By: John

John — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:17:00 +0000

Yes to own and carry a firearm is a right that is guaranteed by the constitution that is the difference here.

By: Seth Underwood

Seth Underwood — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:54:00 +0000

The difference between a plane and a car is the car drives on the road that the people we intrust as servants built through our tax dollars. A plane is machine that is privately owned, and we pay out of pocket to use. The idea that we need a license to maintain a constitutional right (such as right to travel) is ludicrous. Again there have been precedence sat in multiple state supreme courts that strike down drivers licenses. See Hale v. Hinkle 201 US 43. 74-75 and Hadfield v. Lunden 98 Wash 516.

Those cases state using a roadway for personal reasons during everyday life is a right, not a privledge, and the government can not force you to purchase a license to secure a constitutional right.

By: JustPlainLucas

JustPlainLucas — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:43:00 +0000

Hmm… maybe if they were also denied right to travel through states by air plane, bus, train, or cab. A driver’s license is not a right; it’s a privilege and as such, it can be taken away when abused. Technically, if it violated the Right to Travel, then we are advocating drunk drivers to go out and kill more people in drunk driving “accidents”.

By: Seth Underwood

Seth Underwood — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:37:00 +0000

@JustPlainLucas
Did you know that the Supreme Court of the United States has set numerous precedents governing the constitutionally protected Right to Travel? See Corfield v. Coryell 6. Fed. Case 546. Everyone has a right to ingress and egress through different states in the U.S. of A. Drivers Licenses being handed out and or taken away technically violate the Right to Travel.

By: JustPlainLucas

JustPlainLucas — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:22:00 +0000

Seriously? THAT’S your counter argument? You cannot kill yourself or others with a cell phone. You cannot kill yourself or others with a house. With a gun, it’s a dangerous tool that has already claimed many lives on ACCIDENTS alone. If you claim yourself to be a responsible gun owner, then getting a piece of paper to prove that you are should be no big deal at all. In fact, you should be encouraging people to get permits because it gets people out to get trained and educated about their guns. You’re demonstrating naivety by thinking that everyone who owns a gun is somehow smart enough to know how to operate it. You KNOW that isn’t true!

Let me ask you a question. If you don’t believe in gun permits, then do you believe in driver’s licenses? Because if you say no to one, you must say no to another. Sorry to say, but my comparison is most assuredly valid.

By: Brian Stewart

Brian Stewart — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:56:00 +0000

Because a Car and a gun are the same thing? if that’s the case where’s your concealed cell phone operators license? or the license to own a house, cut the grass. where do we stop the things you need licensing for? don’t compare apples to oranges here. you’re argument is invalid. #gunsense

By: JustPlainLucas

JustPlainLucas — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 02:47:00 +0000

I really do not agree with this. Look, no one says you can’t own or carry a gun, but if you need to a permit/license to drive a car, you should have one for carrying a gun. It’s that simple.