230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
Despite the span of decades it has been since "shall issue" swept our nation, it remains an "unexplored country" legally and in practice.
There are a bunch of variables. If you are in a wreck and are not conscious, how does EMS cope with your holstered sidearm? Even worse, suppose the sidearm winds up loose in the vehicle?
Hospitals are generally GFZ, which can complicate things no end.
It's tricky ground, and there's probably no good path across it without at least a few muddy spots.
The basic problen here is that guns have become more than just "tools," a la Shane's remarks in the movie of that name.
Thanks to the efforts of anti-gunners of all time periods, guns have become instruments of fear and loathing instead of mere tools which can be misused.
I remember a remark by one of us that buying a gun should be like buying a mattress. You pays yer money and ye takes it home.
I wish I could remember the movie starring Sterling Hayden as a Sheriff where when the case was all over, he just handed a guy's evidence gun back to him right there on the street, no muss, no fuss, no paperwork, no gasps from anybody,
In the matter discussed in this thread, my irrational and simplistic opinion is that guns should be handled like any property. The custodial authorities document it like cash and jewelry and other properties, and turn it back when the case is over without any gulping in fear or pearl-clutching or faint-hearted collapsing on the fainting couch.
But that would be Terry's Heaven, and we all know this ain't Heaven.
Terry, 230RN
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