[Vision2020] Jus' When You Thought Things Couln't Get More Stupid . . .

[Paul Rumelhart]

This is interesting.  There can be so many takes on this.  No one is 
saying they can't own firearms, just that they can't keep them in their 
housing complex.  On the one hand, it seems reasonable that a landlord 
can specify that firearms cannot be kept on the premises, assuming that 
it's all agreed upon beforehand.  On the other hand, the right to bear 
arms is laid down in the Constitution, so is it valid to sign that right 
away?  What does it mean to have the right to bear arms?  You also have 
the question of "is it more dangerous to keep a firearm in your 
apartment because of possible safety issues, or is it more dangerous to 
ban them, limiting the options the renter has to defend him or 
herself"?  Not really a legal issue, but more a question of whether or 
not their policy might be misguided.

I'll be interested to see what comes of this.

Paul

Reggie Holmquist wrote:
> Oh, wow, that's where I live.  I am a 1l and I have not met Mr. 
> Tribble.  Funny, though, one of the other 1ls who lives in the same 
> housing was talking to me the other day about the fact that South Hill 
> Vista residents are not allowed to keep firearms.  I'm not sure how I 
> feel about it.  To be honest, I'm half ambivalent and half apathetic.  
> The more interesting thing is whether or not he has a winnable case.  
> I'm not really sure what the answer to that is.  At any rate, I'm not 
> fully sure if suing the university is really a good way to make a name 
> for yourself.
>
> -Reggie
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com 
> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
>
>     So, some second-year law student is trying to get a name for
>     himself with
>     a little "chest thumping."
>
>     Courtesy of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>
>     ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>     Law student sues University of Idaho over gun rights
>     January 24, 2011, 3:14 pm
>
>     The University of Idaho is being sued by one of its law students who
>     claims he should have the right to keep firearms in his on-campus
>     apartment.
>
>     Aaron Tribble, a second-year law student at the UI, is representing
>     himself in the suit, which he filed last Tuesday in Latah County
>     Second
>     District Court.
>
>     Tribble, 36, and his family live in one of the university’s South Hill
>     Vista apartments for married students and students with children.
>
>     He claims the UI's policy banning firearms from campus — and by
>     extension,
>     his current place of residence — is a violation of his Second
>     Amendment
>     right to bear arms and his 14th Amendment right to due process.
>
>     Students are allowed to store and check out their firearms at the
>     Moscow
>     Police Department's on-campus substation, but Tribble said the
>     university
>     is violating his rights by not allowing him to store his guns at his
>     residence.
>
>     UI spokeswoman Joni Kirk confirmed Monday the university had
>     received a
>     copy of the lawsuit and was reviewing it, but she declined further
>     comment.
>
>     ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>     Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>     Tom Hansen
>     Moscow, Idaho
>
>     "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it
>     to change
>     and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
>     - Unknown
>
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