After Heller, The Gun Lobby’s “Slippery Slope” Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead
Uhh...Paul...?
I think somebody forgot to give the playbook replacement pages to the Chicago Tribune.
And as for the "slippery slope" argument being a paranoid fiction of "the gun lobby"...
Y'know, change can sometimes be worrisome, and with the new post-Heller phase we're now entering into, it's comforting to know that some thing will remain the same. Like you still relying on deception...
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Helmke's been saying that one of those "reasonable restrictions" includes a revival and expansion of the "assault weapons ban." Didn't the Supreme Court pretty much slap something like that down as unconstitutional in the Heller decision? That's what I took from my own layman's reading of it, though I've been wrong before.
I'm thinking Horrible Helmke interprets DC Mayor Fenty's determination that semi-auto pistols will still be illegal to mean that semi-auto ANYTHING isn't protected by the Second. HOW wrong.
Instead of the slippery slope, there's a cliff.
See, the other side holds the line that that which is not permitted is prohibited. They're going to keep on until You Know What.
A militia needs militia rifles. We are the militia.
To me the ONLY "reasonable restriction" would be forbidding arms to any government agents or employees while on duty. If they need armed backup they can call on the productive people around them. How about we get the ball rolling on that one?
I like it, kent. They have taken every opportunity to prove that they aren't ... qualified ... to handle weapons. They haven't ... proven sufficient NEED for guns outside their homes and government offices. Some of them haven't been ...background checked enough. I think a massive reassessment is called for. Some will lose their jobs, some will go to jail. That's the way it goes, and that's the way THEY'VE played it for about 100 years.
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