October 06, 2006

Gun Control

...means bracing a large caliber weapon with both hands.


I have always felt the argument over the Second Amendment was foolish. It is very clear as I read it and, as I read it, if I want to have a bazooka in my closet I can.

To suggest that we allow people to have only those guns that they would reasonably use for hunting is absurd, and certainly doesn't solve the problem - even if all the bad guys suddenly cared about the gun ownership laws. There have been some bad people who have done major damage with hunting rifles and shotguns.

Once again Rosie O'Donnell is on her soapbox, declaring of the Second Amendment "Well, it’s not really a right."

So, apparently, that part where it says "..., the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed" was a misprint. At least in Rosieland.

(via Perez Hilton, BTW)

PS: just found this comment in the Perez thread "when the constitution was formed the right to bear arms served a purpose as we still had a standing militia with no formal training/organized military- we dont need that anymore thanks to Bush's exorbitant budget for the military"[sic]
LOL - the debate has been going on for decades, but it's all Bush's fault - it was bound to get there eventually.

Posted by Vox at October 6, 2006 01:04 PM | TrackBack | politics
Comments

That's one thing that drives me nuts about constitutional debates. You can't just jump right right in with your opinion. There are hundreds upon hundreds of law review and other academic articles that have been written on this subject. Roughly half of them support the individual right point of view. The courts are starting to get there too. So Rosie should at least educate herself before opening her mouth. It's not as if she's the first person to think about this issue.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnny Utah at October 6, 2006 10:01 PM