April 17, 2007
HPN: Updates From Our State Affiliates
Updates from our Hotline Political Network Affiliates
AZ Political News-- Gov. may be dragged into freeway fight
Capitol Fax-- Covering up for the bosses
Colorado Pols-- Obama, Romney, and don't forget Tom Tancredo
Doc's Political Parlor-- Senate may remove amdts to PAC-to-PAC bill
Georgia Political Digest-- Gun bill heads to Senate floor
Iowa Politics-- Polk owes $93,701
JohnCombest.com -- Blunt, Nixon raise money at record-setting pace
NhNewslinks.com -- N.H. voting bills clarify student voting rules
Quorum Report -- Lawmakers seek to curb drunken driving
Sayfie's Review -- Lawmaker backpedals on apology
Tennessee Politics Blog-- Corker: Allow campaigns to approve...
WisPolitics.com-- Thompson apologizes to Jews for comments
Posted at 11:00 AM
Comments
Why doesn't 2d Amend guarantee right to pack a nuclear suitcase? The "arms" protected by our right to bear arms today are a far cry more mean and lethal than the "arms" existing in 1776. The founding fathers simply did not envision modern arms. There is no constructive purpose or justification for arming ordinary citizens with assault weapons. The notion, for example, that that the 2nd Amendment ensures our ability to rise up against a corrupt government is also completely absurd when the government packs a nuclear arsenal. Anyone who honestly believes that the solution would be for every teenager in a college classroom to be packing also must think that the path to nuclear stability is to arm every country in the world with a nuclear array on par with the U.S., Soviets, and China? What the 2nd Amendment means needs to be re-examined and re-defined in light of the realities of 2007. Everyone may be entitled by Constitutional right to own a weapon, but that does not mean the government has to make it simpler than a piece of cake for anyone to buy one. I find it a disturbing paradox that the state has now decided without any apparent problem whatsoever to make it difficult for me and you to buy Actifed for our sinuses, but seemingly is completely and utterly incapable of doing anything whatsoever to make it hard for anyone to procure semi-automatic assault weapons simply by presenting a driver's license.
Tom Boone | 04.19.07 09:11 AM
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