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But I’m willing to allow the possession of such high-capacity, rapid-shooting weapons, or — if public opinion is strongly against them — their prohibition. I don’t see it as a Second Amendment issue; rather, it’s more a societal concern to be decided by public opinion.
Background checks of people who want to buy weapons seem reasonable. I had to apply for a New York state license to have my Ruger pistol. |
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"But I’m willing to allow the possession of such high-capacity, rapid-shooting weapons, or — if public opinion is strongly against them — their prohibition. I don’t see it as a Second Amendment issue; rather, it’s more a societal concern to be decided by public opinion."
Mr. Heitmann seems a decent fellow, but that statement shows a complete lack of civic understanding. It is precisely a 2A issue, i.e. the 2A exists to guarantee the right to keep and bear ordinary military-style weapons, exclusively. (U.S. v. Miller, 1939) And as D.C. v. Heller points out, fundamental rights cannot be subjected to any interest-balancing approach. Certain policy choices are "off the table" and are insulated from "public opinion." |
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| I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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