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Why don't i have the right to know that my neighbor walking down the street might have a gun? Why is my right to choose to keep my children away from that neighbor less protected than their privacy? Why is owning and packing a gun "private?" Absoulutely, who has a concealed weapon permit is public information. Knowing this fact doesn't tell us that the person has a weapon NOW, just that they might.

Guns are used to fire bullets. When the bullet leaves the gun it is no longer a privacy issue, it isn't personal. It strikes an object, a target, or in some cases a person. A gun isn't a thought, a private action, a belief. It is a weapon. Weapons are designed to be used against something.

How many of these "privacy" advocates are anti-choice? Privacy is the basis for that right.

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