[hackerspaces] Firearms in Hackerspaces?

[David Powell]

Wrong!

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Chrrles Paul <charles.paul at gmail.com>wrote:

> Carrying firearms around in a hackerspace is stupid and a sign of deep
> insecurity.  There, I said it.
>
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> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Mark Atwood <me at mark.atwood.name> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Pete Prodoehl <raster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's a quick question for US-based hacker/makerspaces... Do you have
>> a firearms ban at your space, and if so, what are some of the reasons
>> behind the decision?
>>
>> We don't have a rule at our space.  Our space is a member-oriented
>> space, no "general public" except as guests of members or as visitors
>> to specific private events.
>>
>> If such a rule was proposed, I would argue strongly against it.  If
>> someone is a legal owner/carrier of a firearm, if we can't trust them
>> with their gun, we can't trust them with all the tools *either*.
>>
>> More generally, if someone in a makerspace is "afraid" of guns, that's
>> insane.  They should be afraid of all the other tools too.
>>
>> ..m
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