For a body that portends to be steeped in such tradition and having thorough, almost encyclopaedic knowledge of it, they have conveniently forgotten what a militia was in 1791.
I defy the NYT editorial board to produce one piece of causal proof that more guns in homes exactly equals more deaths. I can provide plenty of evidence of incidents where guns in the home have SAVED lives.
The NYT, as you point out, hides behind the 1st amendment but would rather the 2nd go away entirely.
But even if you disagree with all of this, ask yourself ONE question: What possible reason would the liberals have for wanting to completely disarm the populace??
—PP
“What possible reason would the liberals have for wanting to completely disarm the populace??”
That’s a great point to keep in mind.