Gang of 47: Professors oppose Second Amendment

Viking Phoenix ^ | March 28, 2000 | Sun Tzu's Newswire (STN 2000-021)

[Justa]

Every one of them.

[hove]

"The central issue on which we all should focus is what sort of firearms legislation and policies will best prevent the killings and violence that plague our country today."

There are a couple of questions I would love to ask these distinguished and intelligent gentlemen. (1) You have singled out the tool of choice for the perpetrators of this violence you speak of, but can you describe the root causes of this violence? (2) Would the loss or reduction of the deterrent affect, provided by an armed population, be far worse than a reduction of gun related violence? Isn't the threat of tyranny far greater that the present weakness in our social fabric? (3)Wouldn't it be far wiser for government to examine why Americans are violent...and use guns? (hint:drug prohibition)And shouldn't we use our resources to reduce the sociopath tendencies of many Americans.....And not focus on a tool that the large majority of Americans posses and use legally...and with care?

[gatex]

"The United States Supreme Court and every federal appellate court to consider the issue have held that the Second Amendment permits a wide range of reasonable gun control laws. " [the leftists ]

Not true--if it were true they would cite the U.S. Supreme Court cases that say that (Of course the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has said an individual does not have a right to a gun)

[Pylot]

The last time I looked up regulated in websters it meant supplied. A well supplied militia.....

These idiots want to make the masses believe that regulated means burdened with rules and nonsense.

Just insert speech or its equivalent in place of firearms and imagine that they are talking about the right to free speech.

You quickly get the idea of what their brand of reasonable is and it is somthing aligned with communism.

[FreeTally]

Isn't the threat of tyranny far greater that the present weakness in our social fabric?

I think the thing you miss is that these people are all for tyranny as long as they are in charge.

[BohDaThone]

Akhil Amar is of Indian ancestry, as his name implies. His brother, Vikram, also a law professor, is even more clearly Indian. Not that it makes a plus or minus as to the validity or invalidity of his views.

[Lizavetta]

Our politics run the gamut.

....from orthodox Marxism to Left-wing socialism.

[C-MAN]

I do care about what the 2nd amendment says--I WILL own firearms and protect my family if that is what I deem necessary.

[DuncanWaring]

Judge Bork is on the record as saying the 2nd Amendment does not confer a right

He's correct about that.

The 2nd Amendment does not confer that right. It only proscribes government infringement on that right. Read it yourself and see. It doesn't say "The people shall have the right to bear arms.", it says "...the right ... shall not be infringed".

Only God grants rights.

[B Knotts]

Gun Quotes

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Probably doesn't know the rules for baseball, let alone the first ten amendments.

[cruiserman]

We encourage you and your supporters to focus on the real issue facing our country and it isn’t the Second Amendment. The central issue on which we all should focus is what sort of firearms legislation and policies will best prevent the killings and violence that plague our country today.

The best policy would be to follow the 2nd amendment and eliminate gun control. That would reduce killings and violence.

[tracer]

Amar's foray into Utah to bash the Second Amendment is about as bright (and "appropriate") as appearing in Harlem in blackface to hold a cakewalk.......

[Mr. Jeeves]

Nicely summarized.

[my trusty sig]

True. This right exists eternally, thus is not granted by gov't. Hence the proper acknowledgment is that this ever-existing right cannot be infringed. Stick any other combo into the 2nd amendment, e.g., A well read and informed populace being necessary to the intelligent functioning of a free society, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed The right precedes all, the right is absolute, we're right always, and might makes right. Right!

[stevio]

If we don't get these present laws reversed soon it may be too late. After all, these bastards are educating the next generation and may possibly be Supreme Court justices themselves. Heaven forbid.

[cbkaty]

Duncan....you've been reading.... .....and the professors, well betya they don't believe in God......or rights, or freedom....or property ownership.