Posted April 26, 2016 4:58 am by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- Across the United States, government employees’ right to bear arms while working is being restored. One of the pernicious erosions of the right to bear arms that occurred over the last 50 years is the right of government employees to bear arms while employed. At the start of the progressive era, government employees were considered part of the elite, and could bear arms when and where others could not.

In the first laws adopted by the new state of Oklahoma, statutes were adopted en masse from other states. One of them exempted “public officials” from a ban on carrying weapons, as long as they were carrying them during their official duties, and to and from work. Oklahoma Criminal Code, Section 1802, published in 1921:

Public Officials-Privileged Public officers while in the discharge of their duties or while going from their homes to their place of duty or returning therefrom shall be permitted to carry arms, but at no other time and under no other circumstances.

In Wisconsin, before professional academy training was required for peace officers, the definition of peace officer included city council members, town …Read the Rest

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