To see how Jefferson’s comment holds up, let’s place it on one side
of the scale, then shovel a slew of statements on the other side and
see how things balance out:
President Barack Obama: “I don't believe people should to be able
to own guns.” Source: John Lott Jr. in his 2013 book At the Brink,
based in conversation the two had at the University of Chicago
Law School in the 1990s.
Rosie O'Donnell: “I don't care if you want to hunt, I don't care if you
think it’s your right. I say, sorry, you are not allowed to own a gun,
and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison.” Source:
Jason Mattera writing in Human Events March 19, 2012.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: “If I could have gotten 51 votes for an
outright ban, picking up every one of them, ‘Mr. and Mrs. America,
turn ’em all in,’ I would have done it.” Source: 1995 episode of 60
Minutes, reportedly referring to assault-style weapons.
Then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden: “The House better understand the
power of an idea whose time has come. It still will be an uphill fight
in the House, but I think the wave is moving.” Source: New York
Times article headlined “Senate Approves Ban on Manufacture of
Military-Style Weapons” by Clifford Krauss, published Nov. 18, 1993.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith: “I hate guns and cannot imagine why
anybody would want to own one. If I had my way, guns for sport
would be registered, and all other guns would be banned.” Source:
National Review, April 2, 2018. Deborah Prothrow-Stith is Dean and
Professor at Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine in Los
Angeles, California.
Ms. Prothrow-Stith has every right to her opinion. After all, there is
a First Amendment, but as comedian, actor, writer, and producer,
Dave Chappelle once said, “The ‘First’ Amendment is first for a
reason. Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn't
work out.”
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