tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3866809039478117626..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-43499504081014401292012-07-25T15:21:15.910-04:002012-07-25T15:21:15.910-04:00I lean towards Philo's position on the 2nd Amd...I lean towards Philo's position on the 2nd Amdmt, simply because (at least as it stands) it has caused nothing but mischief. My second choice would be amending it, replacing the 18th-century language now susceptible to NRA spin, so as to make it undeniably clear that reasonable regulation of gun ownership by private individuals is constitutionally permissible. <br /><br />But... it doesn't much matter at present what we think of the 2nd Amdmt, because at present it's there to stay. It's, as I argued before, a fetishistic symbol.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-71778545350466356882012-07-25T14:25:16.432-04:002012-07-25T14:25:16.432-04:00You know what, I never, NOT EVER, speak for Conser...You know what, I never, NOT EVER, speak for Conservatives.<br /><br />Why would or should I? <br />They're on every single stinking TV news show, and you can't get them to shut the feck up!<br /><br />But even if they weren't, I STILL wouldn't speak for them.<br />I'm NOT a Conservative.<br /><br />So, how come every feckin' idjit on the planet feels free to speak for us Liberals - and never, NOT EVER, asks one of us what we think?<br /><br />No, they just think they know, then they blurt out some old trope, and you can't get them to shut the feck up about it.<br /><br />Why is that?<br />Maybe it's because you see so FEW actual, real, Liberals on TV, or hear them on the radio.<br />MSNBC - yeah, in the evenings and weekend mornings.<br />NPR - PUHLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!<br /><br />If you're not a Liberal, shut the feck up, unless you want to quote one of us. And make it a real one. I know that's tough, because the old Rolodex and your I-Pad's are full of fake ones.<br /><br />Do some work - find one of us.<br />'Til then - shut the feck up!!!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-54974150991782627262012-07-25T13:52:19.477-04:002012-07-25T13:52:19.477-04:00Me, I don't favor getting rid of the Second Am...Me, I don't favor getting rid of the Second Amendment. i'm sorry the link of the first clause to the second seems so tenuous to modern readers ("A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state") -- it's clearly meant to suggest that the right is intended to advance that particular end. I'm sorry no one ever discusses the reference to the state in there -- you have a right to arms not to protect all right-thinkin' citizens against a tyrannical gummint, you have it to <i>preserve the state,</i> to preserve the very gummint you mistrust.<br /><br />And I'd like it understood that freedom to own guns is like freedom of speech. You can be required to have a permit to hold a rally -- that's considered a a reasonable restriction on First Amendment rights. Reasonable restrictions on gun rights are reasonable, dammit.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89764647909966803652012-07-25T13:27:07.260-04:002012-07-25T13:27:07.260-04:00Personally, I think we need to start with repeal o...Personally, I think we need to start with repeal of the 2nd Amendment.<br /><br />It serves no useful purpose and now functions as a menace to public safety and the integrity of our democracy.<br /><br />You don't need a Constitutional Amendment to allow ownership of small arms for personal or home protection or small capacity rifles and shotguns for hunting.<br /><br />Or special firearms for target shooting competitions.<br /><br />If that's the democratically expressed will of the people.<br /><br />Not otherwise.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.com