"By insisting that a new federal law that allows retired police officers to carry concealed handguns is 'essentially dangerous,' a Maryland anti-gun crusader has insulted men and women in law enforcement and should immediately apologize, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today."
Sorry, CCRKBA, she’s right—but for the wrong reasons.
It is dangerous to extend rights to one class of citizen—particularly “law enforcement” types—to the exclusion of others.
It is dangerous to presume that rights can be dispensed by government. That reduces them to privileges.
It is dangerous to have the servants tell the master they are in charge of dispensing those privileges—and they reserve them for their own kind.
How many of these cops are out there issuing press releases calling for recognition of our rights, and complaining that having them infringed is an insult to the whole people?
How many would do their utmost to destroy our lives if they found out we were exercising our right to keep and bear arms without “permission”?
Forget Leah Barrett. I’m saying that a new federal law that allows retired police officers to carry concealed handguns is essentially dangerous.
It’s not an insult, it’s a fact.
Don't hold you breath waiting for an apology.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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