Sunday, June 14, 2009

Prior Restraints on Speech and Guns Enable Tyranny

We've seen how some would like to exploit the Holocaust Museum shooting to erode liberty. We've seen how some would like to enact preventive measures against what they perceive as "hate speech" to the point of rounding up it's "promoters."

Which brings us to a question I said I'd explore today: At what point do others have a right to intervene with our freedom of expression? And what does that have to do with "gun rights"?

A piece I wrote ten years ago opens the door to that conversation [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column challenges the assertion that you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

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This Day in History: June 14

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, seeking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." [More]