humanities.philosophy.objectivism

"Agent Cooper" wrote in message
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> On Mar 19, 9:08 am, David Buchner wrote:
>> Agent Cooper wrote:
>> >http://snipurl.com/222sa [www_washingtonpost_com]
>
> The way it will come out is: individual right, subject to reasonable
> regulation, a test for reasonableness, and a finding that total ban on
> type of gun that has legitimate defensive uses passes the test.
>

Essentially we already have that. DC is the only area (as far as I know)
of the country with an outright ban. Problem is that each state has a
different interpretation of "reasonable regulation", some of which make
gun ownership and self-defense a practical impossibility.

>
> This will be one for the history books. And I assure you it is totally
> coming; Kennedy's onboard and that's what they need. Reason being,
> Achill Amir, who is like Mr. Totally-into-guns-but-in-a-cuddly-liberal-
> way, wrote this huge encomium to Kennedy's wisdom and judiciousness
> some years ago. Flattery will get you everywhere.

He's got an article here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2186750

Ray Gun