Quick note – there will be a KlawChat today at 1 pm over at the four-letter, and I’ll be on our Omaha affiliate (1620 AM) today at 2:30 CDT.
I was saddened to hear of Charlton Heston’s death, but I can’t say I’m all that familiar with his work, having never seen any of his most famous movies. The Heston role that I know the best only lasts for a few minutes, although it was a tour de force on par with Judi Dench’s turn as the Queen in Shakespeare in Love. Heston appeared in the definitive adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Malcolm: I could not agree more. In fact, my position is that (A) yes, restricting handgun/etc. possession does indeed violate the 2nd Amendment, and that (B) in my opinion, the 2nd Amendment should be, er, amended or repealed.
Personally I don’t see the 2nd Amendment as being very ambiguous, so while I do favor strict gun control, IMO the only way that’s doable is to change the Constitution.
Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Russia had great gun control and no gun violence, is that what we want in the USA?
“They that can give up essential liberty to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
No; can you explain why gun control means we must have a Stalin or Hitler?
I’m guessing no.
The whole point to living in a civilized society is that we give up some measure of liberty for the benefits of society, regardless of what Ben Franklin said. We’re just debating on how much.