There’s a great “Your Turn” editorial in the Union Leader, written by Brandon Harvey of Danbury. His primary point is that some of the arguments being made in favor of restricting second amendment rights are so lame (as in unable to stand on their own), they have to be addressed, and he does a fine job doing just that.
Another argument in relation to this bizarre position taken by the anti-gun crowd is this: You don’t need an “assault weapon” or “high capacity magazine” to hunt deer. First, the Second Amendment says “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.” It does not say “the right to hunt deer.” In fact, deer hunting is not a right. The use of the word “militia” obviously implies using weapons that would be useful in combat.
Militia, combat, I guess we are entitled to military style weapons after all, whose keeping the government…shall not infringe. oh! Wait. Brandon’s not done…
