NC state commissioner prohibits guns at the State Fair, so...

[Que]

It's okay, only three people were robbed at gunpoint.

I am not sure WHY this ban was put in place, but I doubt it was because gun owners were acting irresponsibly. I assume it was due to a certain group of citizens desiring to feel "safe" and not wanting to see law-abiding citizens carry guns.

Troxler Bans Lawful Guns at NC State Fair, Three are Robbed at Gun Point

 

[Redtbird]

Now just wait a cotton pickin' minit here. They banned citizens from carrying their guns at the fair, and three people were held up at GUNPOINT?

How could this happen?

Apply purple as necessary...

 

[mrjarrell]

Same as here in Indiana. They probably took a page from our book.

 

[OakRiver]

If it was a gun free zone how could there be guns to rob people with?

 

[actaeon277]

Wasn't there a problem with the ban. Someone said he didn't have the authority to ban the guns.

 

[ScouT6a]

Kinda like the ISU students that were robbed at gun point a few days ago. Don't know how this could happen. There are signs all over campus telling people that guns are forbidden!

 

[Alamo]

If it was a gun free zone how could there be guns to rob people with?

No paradox here. Only legally qualified, responsible, law-abiding citizens were banned from carrying guns. For everyone else it was business as usual.

 

[Que]

Wasn't there a problem with the ban. Someone said he didn't have the authority to ban the guns.

As the commissioner, he has the power to ban guns on that property.

 

[actaeon277]

As the commissioner, he has the power to ban guns on that property.

Troxler says he will enforce gun ban at NC State Fair, despite threat of legal action | CharlotteObserver.com

But Rep. George Cleveland, a Jacksonville Republican and a primary sponsor of the bill, said the new law should allow concealed weapons at the State Fair.
“There was nothing in the bill that I could remember that said that the agricultural fair was exempt, or that the parking area ... was exempted,” he said. “We’ve said that wherever crowds gathered, concealed carry was allowed.”

Read more here: Troxler says he will enforce gun ban at NC State Fair, despite threat of legal action | CharlotteObserver.com​

There was a disagreement.

 

[Que]

Troxler says he will enforce gun ban at NC State Fair, despite threat of legal action | CharlotteObserver.com

Read more here: Troxler says he will enforce gun ban at NC State Fair, despite threat of legal action | CharlotteObserver.com​

There was a disagreement.

I thought I wrote "he thinks" in that statement. But, yes, it's according to his interpretation and the fact that he believes he has last say as to what goes on on that property. Maybe one of the people who was robbed will sue him for his actions.

 

[actaeon277]

I thought I wrote "he thinks" in that statement. But, yes, it's according to his interpretation and the fact that he believes he has last say as to what goes on on that property. Maybe one of the people who was robbed will sue him for his actions.

Unfortunately, they will just say, no one forced them to go. They voluntarily went, therefore they voluntarily disarmed themselves.

 

[Leadeye]

After reading this it sounds like Mr. Troxler is letting his ego get in the way doing his job.

 

[actaeon277]

After reading this it sounds like Mr. Troxler is letting his ego get in the way doing his job.

So, he kinda fits in with almost every other politician.

 

[sharkey]

Same as here in Indiana. They probably took a page from our book.

Apples to oranges: It's quite possible that the NC State Fair is not held is such a quiet, safe, law-abiding special snowflake area as 38th and Fall Creek.