Texas A&M Study Says Castle-Doctrine Laws Increase Homicides, Don't Deter Crime

[JDPriestly]

130. They sentence criminals and are vulnerable to revenge attacks.

The First Amendment grants rights in more absolute language than the Second grants any right to carry guns. The First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment

The Second Amendment:

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/second_amendment

Yet, the Supreme Court upholds regulations that abridge our freedom of speech all the time. The "right to bear arms" can be infringed by reasonable time, place and manner restrictions. And in big cities, "reasonable" means something very different than in rural areas.

I disagree with the Supreme Court's permitting so much regulation of speech. I think the Constitution does not permit it, but obviously I am not heard. So, no matter what you think, if speech can be limited, certainly owning arms can. In L.A. you have to have a permit to hold a march -- and the security costs an arm and a leg so for many groups those made up of ordinary people, holding a march or demonstration in the street is pretty impossible -- too expensive.

That is why judge's probably can get gun permits. I don't know that it is easier for them than for others.