If a city bans gun stores, is it infringing on the #constitutionalrights of individuals to bear arms?

That’s what the #SecondAmendment Foundation is claiming that the city of #redwoodcity is doing by establishing a moratorium on #gun retail.

“Simply put, the right to keep and bear arms is meaningless without the right to acquire arms and ammunition,” Executive Director Adam Kraut wrote in a letter to the city dated Oct. 28.

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Redwood City leaders discussing legal options as possible lawsuit against ban on gun retail looms

A gun rights advocacy group is accusing the city of violating its residents’ constitutional rights

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@cephira I think that as long as there is a gun store within a decent travel time, then it doesn't infringe much. However if more localities do it, it could start to infringe, in that it would put a huge burden on, especially minority and poor, firearms owners who would have to have the time off work, and the money for the long drive to pickup a gun. Not sure how this works in a legal framework, but I'm one who thinks gun rights are minority rights, and generally oppose this type of legislation.
@fiberdrive @cephira given the points about a burden posed by having to take time off and ability to travel… I’m curious why those are valid here but not for reproductive rights or for other aspects like much of the US being unsafe to ride a bicycle so folks have to be able to drive/own a car or afford (& have access to) a taxi. Does having a right require having access? We have the right to free expression. That doesn’t mean we have a right to access to freely broadcast.
@arcktip @cephira (2 or 2) I do worry that unlimited free expression can be problematic though. If what you are expressing in public is the direct harm or violence to a group of people, restricting that is reasonable. Now, how that gets enforced? I don't really know. But to keep to your question, exercising firearms or reproductive rights are individual actions; if we think about expression in that framing, I would treat it the same. As long as you can do it, it's fine.