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As a non-American, I find the idea that the right to bring weapons to a hotel room trumps your privacy within that room a very counter-intuitive proposition.
by nanna 8y ago
As a non-American, I find the idea that the right to bring weapons to a hotel room trumps your privacy within that room a very counter-intuitive proposition.
- vageli 8y agoWho said that was the case? This hasn't gone to court yet.
- nv-vn 8y agoWell it's private property so it's kind of up to the owner to decide that.
- Spooky23 8y agoNevada is a weird place, it sort of balances the near libertarian natives with the demands/requirements of the casinos that keep the money flowing.
- nanna 8y agoI mean in general, that the very fact that you can carry weapons at all (subject to local regulations) implies a system whereby guards can ransack your room for fear that you might actually use your guns. Pretty much everywhere else on the planet carrying around weapons designed to kill are simply illegal, and therefore there isn't the worry that they might be used. Simply having weapons would get you locked up. I know this is a right dear to many Americans -- certainly not all though -- but hn is a global forum and I'm giving an outsider's perspective. Wouldn't have thought that'd merit downvotes? nb: that was a reply to vageli, but there wasn't a reply button yet.
- Mirioron 8y agoGuns aren't as illegal and uncommon "in the rest of the world" as people think.
- mmirate 8y agoBoth are important. Britain didn't know to be on the extreme lookout for any signs of armed rebellion in the 13 Colonies; by the time they positively knew what was going on, their best hope was to try to take the militia's arms. As such, the Founding Fathers didn't learn first-hand the value of privacy in quite the same way as they learned the value of arms-bearing.