Ken Clauber Quotes
They’re infringing on my 2nd Amendment rights so why can’t I interfere with their 1st Amendment privileges.
The Fort Collins newspaper had published the names of concealed gun permit holders. Clauber and others felt that this inhibited people who were breaking no laws and just wanted to avail themselves of their 2nd Amendment rights. The Newspaper argued that there was a public safety issue at stake in that people should be aware of which people they may be dealing with in day to day affairs are armed and this they can alter their behavior as not to provoke or deal with these people.
Ken Clauber, Colorado State Legislator (Republican), Statement to Press in response to his introduction of a law that would prohibit newspaper publications from listing the names of individuals who had been issued permits to carry concealed guns, PBS News Hour, September 4, 2000
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