The Palm Beach Post

Arm all legislator­s, citizens in Capitol

- MARK STOLZBERG, BOYNTON BEACH BARBARA POWELL, ROYAL PALM BEACH

Many of our state legislator­s should be considered self-sacrificin­g heroes for advocating “open-carry” as well as guns on college campuses. These freedoms are well on their way to becoming law. But our legislator­s have denied themselves the same right to carry at the very place that they spend their workdays: in the legislativ­e chambers.

They should not be denied this fundamenta­l right, and it should be up to us voters to give it to them, despite their willingnes­s to work in such a dangerous gun-free environmen­t.

To reward them for being so eager to provide us, and our loved ones, with the safety of having guns on every college campus, street corner, automobile and delicatess­en, we need to begin an initiative to provide them with the same rights they have so graciously afforded all of us taxpaying, voting citizens.

We should begin looking into initiating a statewide referendum that will mandate permission for all citizens to carry loaded guns into every part of our state’s legislativ­e buildings.

This would be a means of increasing the safety of our beloved legislator­s — just as they are trying to do for our children who are trying to obtain an education on any Florida college campus. mercial vehicles, such as large dump trucks and semi-tractor trailers that use Southern Boulevard.

Finally, this project is not compatible with the character and living conditions of the existing neighborho­od.

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