Stop Lying to yourself About Being That “Good Guy With A Gun” by STEVE MARMEL

[CTyankee]

159. I realize this is the prevailing interpretation at this time, but it wasn't the case always.

Otherwise, why would there have been a SCOTUS case in the first place? And wasn't it a 5-4 decision? That doesn't sound very "Standard Model" to me. IIRC, it was regarded as a BFD at the time, to put it crudely.

Of course, the state can and does regulate guns, but when state laws can be circumvented by shooters just going to a state w/o regulations for his guns, we have a problem. It doesn't mean the state laws can't be meaningful in other ways, it just makes it more difficult. It took Newtown, but here in CT our state lege stepped up and stopped wringing it's hands saying "Oh dear, we just can't do it" and did it.

BTW, my reference to Norway was intended to point out a citizenry who shares the U.S. love of guns for sport and for hunting. And they are a constitutional democracy (altho retaining the tender anachronism of a monarch with no power). And they know full well what tyranny is -- I am always amused by gun owners in this country who mouth off about "resistance to tyranny" without knowing what the hell they are talking about. Given the history of the Norwegians, the irony of their passing strict gun laws after WW2 cannot be lost on you...I think it pretty much destroys the "resistance to tyranny" argument here...

I am hopeful that Newtown signaled a change in public opinion on gun laws. The status quo clearly isn't working. We simply cannot as great democracy continue to have a citizenry that regularly slaughters each other (and each others children) with guns. Think through the alternatives to simply doing nothing. They are not pretty.