It Just Gets Worse

What more could happen during the Bush Administration?

Glad you asked. How about this:

Since "unrestricted" private ownership of guns clearly threatens the public safety, the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to allow a variety of gun restrictions, according to the Bush administration.

The argument was delivered by U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the ongoing arguments over the legality of a District of Columbia ban on handguns in homes, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.

Clement suggested that gun rights are limited and subject to "reasonable regulation" and said all federal limits on guns should be upheld.

"Given the unquestionable threat to public safety that unrestricted private firearm possession would entail, various categories of firearm-related regulation are permitted by the 2nd Amendment," he wrote in the brief, the Times reported.

Since when can you recall a Republican administration that looked upon the Second Amendment as a "hint" or a "suggestion" and not really an immured portion of the U.S. Constitution and the basis of all our law?

And here's a "suggestion" of my own: try actually enforcing laws involving gun crimes, and sentencing those who possess a firearm during the commission of any crime to some very serious time.

"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."

BZ