Comments on: The New Second Amendment

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:53:43 +0000

I’ll admit that I haven’t even cursorly read the SCOTUS ruling so I haven’t much of a leg to stand on in any argument. I agree that the restrictions still in place are probably enough and maybe too much.

Thanks for making things a bit clearer for me. Look for more NRA v. Anyone cases in Chicago and like minded cities. Hooray for litigation!

By: David M. Manes

David M. Manes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:31:55 +0000

After this ruling, it will still be illegal to carry a handgun outside the home, and all handguns will need to be registered with the police, but citizens can keep handguns in their homes now without having them disasembled or with a trigger lock.

That seems reasonable to me. If anything, it still seems very restrictive. But allowing people to have registered guns inside their homes doesn’t present a threat to society. A registered gun in the home doesn’t assist in a whole lot of violence, I wouldn’t imagine.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:14:03 +0000

The D.C. ban may have gone too far, but I believe there needs to be a serious effort to limit access to handguns in certain places (like D.C. and Philadelphia).

I read a blog called “Philadelphis Will Do” and they have a daily feature that recounts the murders that happened over night. Yes, it’s desensitizing to see that nearly every night one-to-four people are murdered (often w/ guns) in the fair city of brotherly love but it’s also a startling realization that gun control is necessary.

Sure, the old talking point is that ‘guns don’t kill, people do’ is inherently true, but their is a gun-crime epidemic that needs to be stopped and one effective way to curtail gun crime is to work to reduce the number of guns readily available.