Via the Scalawag, Judge Napolitano, the Cato Institute and Dr. Lott on the MacDonald case.
Via Robb, a great Gura quote: “Justice Sotomayor, States may have grown accustomed to violating the rights of American citizens, but that does not bootstrap those violations into something that is constitutional”
Jay, Weer’d, Linoge and Miguel respond to Sebastian. Miguel makes the point that: “McDonald is not just a “case” or an argument or a amicus curiae. Mr. McDonald is a human being which was denied the tools for defensing himself in a violent neighborhood.”
This is correct. However, there are two quotes that lay out how I feel about this– “… as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise” (Luke 6:31– the “Golden Rule”) and “[y]our enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can [eliminate] him without hate — and quickly.” (Bob Heinlein)
Put simply, the Bradys think that they’re right. The pro-rights groups (and the majority of Americans) disagree. We’ll win eventually, and people like this woman will become discredited and objects of scorn.
To lighten the mood, and play you out with music, Laurel’s take on the McDonald case. Please secure your beverage…
Miguel
11 Mar 10 at 12:38 PM
I know some of the Bradys think they are right, but they cannot get a pass because they do so. Other Bradys and related friends know they are wrong, but the political payoff of a gun free society is too good to pass up so they keep at it. We cannot afford a repeat of all this in the future. Maybe it will happen, but a very strong foundation must be laid out to counter it.
Dixie
12 Mar 10 at 1:49 AM
If you haven’t already, go and look at one of my older posts called “Shades of Grey.” Essentially, if the choice is between “this person is being led by the nose” and “this person is evil,” then you can’t treat the two differently. The solution is to break off the useful idiots, and discredit the true believers.
Linoge
11 Mar 10 at 10:06 PM
Thanks for the linkage. I totally agree with those two quotes, which is why I will maintain my position of civility-until-otherwise-motivated – but “civility” does not mean “sit down and have lunch with them”.
But that is just me
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