Lock and load
The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board blasts the U.S. Supreme Court decision that defines the Second Amendment as extending beyond allowing "well-regulated" militias to guarantee an individual's right to pack heat.Justice John Paul Stevens got it right in his dissent. He wrote that the Second Amendment was adopted to protect the right of the people in the individual states to maintain a militia in response to concerns that the new Constitution gave Congress power to disarm the state militias and create a national standing army. . . .The Deseret News opinionators say the ruling majority of Supremes got it right.
But neither the text of the amendment nor the arguments of its proponents give any evidence that it was intended to limit any legislature's authority to regulate private civilian uses of firearms, Justice Stevens wrote. "Specifically, there is no indication that the Framers of the Amendment intended to enshrine the common-law right of self-defense in the Constitution."
It also was right to go a step further and reject laws that require trigger locks and the dismantling of weapons when kept in the home. . . .The Supremes' narrow decision, of course, means America's gun debate is far from over.
The gun-ban movement has lost considerable steam. Perhaps this is because laws completely banning firearms have proven ineffective against crime.
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To assume the framers did NOT intend to protect the right of individuals to defend themselves and their families is preposterous.
Especially in this age of home invasions, soaring rape rates, robberies, etc., etc., the right to defend one's life should be one that is indisputable.
Once again, the Trib staff is "out of step" with Utahns. Perhaps a study of the "Bill of Rights" would educate the Trib. staff as to the Framers concept of the right to bear arms, which has nothing to do with a militia.
Considering the Tribune's collectivist bent, it's no surprise that they consider the second amendment a collective right, even though first and third through ninth are individual rights.
Finally, the tribune editorial writers got one right. Wonders never cease. I'm wondering if Singleton knows what they wrote.
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