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  • Nevada ACLU opposes gun control

    I’ve always said the ACLU and NRA should team up. They’re both defending constitutional rights. They’re just defending deferent rights.

    I’m proud to have sworn to defend the Constitutions of of the United States. And I can say in good faith that I did a better job than the President. (I also swore to defend the Constitution of the State of Maryland, but I’d be damned if I could tell you anything it says.)

    Whether it’s gun control or abortion rights–and I’m for both–people have to understand that just because you like something doesn’t make it a Constitutional Right. I like abortion rights, but I’ll be damned if I can find it in the Constitution. I don’t like guns, but the 2nd Amendment certainly protects something.

    In theory, neither the Supreme Court nor the ACLU is political. Of course they both are, but that’s another story. Still, I’m happy when either takes a position that supports what they stand for, and not what they want politically.

    The next time the Supreme Court rules for or against a law you like, take a step back and think about their interpretation of the Constitution and not just whether you like the law.

    So kudos to the Nevada ACLU for defending an individual’s Constitutional right to bear arms. Just because I’m against it, doesn’t mean it’s not a right worth defending. That’s the whole point about rights. If we don’t believe in the Constitution, then it’s just a piece of paper.

    Here’s the story on the Nevada ACLU and gun control.

  • Tasers for self-defense

    Tasers for home use? Guns for police officers? It’s not a bad idea.

  • Gun Control

    If you really hate guns and can’t stand gun ownership (I hate guns but canunderstand gun ownership), then you should take some solace in the fact that guns are used in suicide more than homicide and accidents put together. About 55% of our 31,000 annual gun deaths are suicide.

  • 2nd Amendment

    I’m of two minds when it comes to gun control and the 2nd Amendment. I’m not a fan of guns. I would love to live in a society that heavily restricted gun ownership. But I don’t.

    Say what you want about the 2nd Amendment… and I’ve always said–just to be provocative to my liberal friends–that if you see the constitution as so broad that it gives women the right to have an abortion, then certainly you can see the 2nd Amendment broadly enough to give a man the right to bear arms. Now the Supreme Court has had their say.

    On one hand, it is a huge decision overturning decades of local gun control laws.

    On the other hand, gun control fans, it won’t matter. Really. Giving law abiding people the right to have a gun in their home isn’t so bad. I had a gun.

    I’m no fan of the N.R.A., but they do make one good point: we already have laws making guns illegal. If we don’t or can’t enforce our existing gun laws, it makes no sense to pass more laws making guns more illegal. Most gun control simply prevents non-criminals from having a gun. The problem is criminals with guns. What do we do about them?

    One thing I learned as a cop is that there are a lot of illegal guns out there. More than you can imagine. That’s a big problem. Gun prohibition isn’t a battle worth fighting. Best to save the political capital for something else.