This Gun for Hire: Concealed Weapons Legislation in the Workplace and Beyond
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Authors
Mack, Raneta Lawson
Issue Date
1997
Volume
30
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|During the past decade, the proposed enactment of concealed weapons legislation ("CCW laws") has sparked heated legislative debate and contentious public discussion in many states. Proponents of the legislation, relying largely upon Second Amendment constitutional guarantees, argue that law-abiding citizens have a right to carry weapons to protect themselves and their families from violent predators. In contrast, opponents of CCW laws raise the specter of an impending return to a "Wild West" mentality which would invariably lead to an increase in gun-related violent crimes. Thus, the preenactment debate focuses primarily upon the dichotomous relationship between the right to individual and community protection (individual rights theory) and the state's right to control private weapon ownership (collective rights theory)...
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30 Creighton L. Rev. 285 (1996-1997)
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Creighton University School of Law