Supreme Court To Hear Chicago Gun Rights Case : NPR
I'm against concealable weapons. There, my bias is out of the way. I don't thing that the Constitutional grounds for banning firearms is solid for either side (for or against), but if there was ever a compelling reason to continue banning them; this guy (Otis McDonald) wins:
"who grew up on a farm in Louisiana shooting rabbits and squirrels. McDonald says he now wants a handgun to fend off youngsters in his Chicago neighborhood."
So, a man who used to shoot small animals wants a handgun so he can shoot at kids.
In a way, I don't even care to talk about the Constitutional issue at hand. Even though it includes so many of my favorite topics: incorporation, federalism, and personal liberty. In the article, Alan Gura, McDonald's attorney, argued "if you can buy contraceptives and that's your way of extending your personal security, then one must assume that the right to buy a handgun for defense purposes is also going to be secured as an aspect of liberty." I don't know what kind of lawyer this guy is, but he's trying to pull a false comparison on... well I don't know... but in this case the reader/listener. For it to be true, pregnancy would have to somehow be comparable to death (which for some, I guess it may be). In any case, Mr. Gura would be remiss if he played that card at today's oral arguments.
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