The Second Amendment emerges from the election relatively unscathed

November 8, 2006

By Dave Kopel
NationalReview.com

The Second Amendment has emerged from the biggest Democratic victory since 1974 with relatively little damage. One reason is that in races all over the country, Democrats returned to their Jefferson-Jackson roots by running candidates who trust the people to bear arms.

I do not disagree that the Democratic gains in Congress will, on the whole, be harmful for the economy, and extremely dangerous for the war against Islamofascism.

Nevertheless, the class of pro-gun Democrats who will be joining the House and the Senate includes some who will eventually become party leaders, and who will help move the Democratic party back towards its traditional position of respect for the civil liberties of the American people. A very constructive development, in the long run.


The information below is based on the results as of early Wednesday morning. The ratings cited below are from the National Rifle Association...

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By Tim Inwood

On Thursday October 26th a group of mayors gathered in Chicago to plot their strategy for getting guns off the streets, a continuation of Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts from April. While the gathering made headlines in USA Today, the details in the reporting made it clear this cluster of obtuse politicians are clueless about crime.

The problem with crime is not guns, it is criminals. Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows this; unfortunately, common sense seems to be a fairly rare thing in this crowd of mayors. These mayors, from New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Denver, Little Rock, Miami, Atlanta, St. Louis, Omaha, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Seattle and 109 other cities from 44 states, would be wiser to back something that would truly help deter crime. Promotion of Castle Doctrine laws and encouraging people to take responsibility for their own lives is exactly what they need to do. Instead, due to ignorance or hoplophobia (fear of guns,) they are chasing the law-abiding instead of the criminal.

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