Landlord to Harvard Student: Move Out of Your Apartment Because of Your Legally Owned Guns

A Harvard University grad student named Leyla Pirnie recently found herself in a bad living predicament when her roommates after her roommates searched her room while she was not home.  When they found that she owned a weapon, they confronted her.  The FreeBeacon has the story:

“A few weeks ago, I came back to my apartment from a weekend trip and was confronted by one of my roommates who asked if I had guns in the house,” she told the Free Beacon. “After being told far too many lies to count, my roommates finally admitted that they searched my closet, under my bed, and all of my drawers in pursuit of finding my guns.”

But then, the nosy roommates emailed Avid Management, which managed the property.

“We discussed with Leyla that all of us are uncomfortable with having firearms in the house, and that their presence causes anxiety and deprives us of the quiet enjoyment of the premise to which we are entitled,” one roommate wrote their landlord.  Then, she asked that the company verify their roommate was in compliance the laws of Massachusetts.

Leyla was.  But that, of course, didn’t matter.

“Since it’s clear that Leyla wants to keep her firearms, it would be best for all parties if she finds another place to live,” the president of Avid Management wrote.

Remember, this is all from a complaint over firearms an American legally owned.

Why would these people search the room of their roommate?  Leyla asked that very question:

“When I asked them why they were in my room to begin with, they each came up with completely contradicting stories (none of which made any sense), but one comment struck me in particular: ‘We saw that you had a MAGA hat and come on, you’re from Alabama… so we just kind of assumed that you had something,'” she said. “I asked why they didn’t just call me and ask me before intruding. One of the girls responded that fear took over her body and she felt compelled to search my room until she found proof… I cannot make this up.”

So, they were suspicious of her based on her accent and region of origin.  How tolerant of them!

Look, I wouldn’t want to live with this nanny-state busy body scaredy-cats anyway. But it’s just not fair of this person to be targeted because of her political beliefs.  Perhaps the real story here is that Harvard allowed admission to an Alabama native in the first place.

Let’s face it.  The polarizing lines of politics are getting more and more stark.  As examples of this fission comes to the forefront, we need to think seriously about the principles and values that connect us, not separate us.

And the bedrock principle these lefty roommates overlooked was pretty basic: our Constitutional right to bear arms.

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