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The recent flap over an aide to Senator Jim Webb carrying a gun only emphasizes the fact every law-abiding, adult American citizen not mentally or otherwise incapacitated should have the right to carry. “Capitol Police said the arrest was made after an X-ray machine in the Russell Senate Office Building revealed that Phillip Thompson entered the building about 10:50 a.m. with a loaded pistol and two additional fully loaded magazines. He was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and charges related to an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. Thompson was to appear in D.C. Superior Court today...” Now really, did this aide have cause to believe it was necessary to carry a loaded gun and two extra clips of ammo into the Senate building? If so, what does he know that We the People don’t? I find that a very disquieting question. Whatever the answer to the question that some feel they have a “special” right to carry is most often...

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