{"id":4801,"date":"2011-09-03T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2018-04-18T08:40:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T13:40:35","slug":"guns-a-constitutional-right-is-not-what-you-think-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/03\/guns-a-constitutional-right-is-not-what-you-think-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns: A constitutional right is not what you think it is"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the United States, you have a right to “bear arms.<\/a>” This has a special meaning which has largely been distorted by the courts, but nonetheless stands as a fundamental. Many gun owners, unfortunately, not only abuse this right but also go far beyond gun ownership to do things that while technically allowable under the First Amendment, are wrong, and that they should not do.<\/p>\n

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The Pima County, Arizona Republican party … that’s where Gabby Gifford, a young child, a federal judge and a whole bunch of other people were gunned down by a fairly run of the mill gun nut … is taking advantage of people’s unnatural love for their guns and the politicization of what is essentially an expensive and dangerous hobby in a way that is utterly inappropriate.<\/p>\n

They are raffling off a gun identical to the one used to shoot Gabby and the rest of them.<\/p>\n

The raffle gun comes preloaded with adjustable grips, a case, and three 12-round magazines. Glock USA describes the model as “a slightly reduced size of a full-size handgun for easier concealment but still retains the performance on the level of a serious big bore.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Details here. <\/a><\/p>\n

A constitutional right is not a right to be an insensitive dick who insults the hundreds of people who are directly associated, as friends or family members, with those slain in Arizona by the same model Glock being auctioned off here.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: But Seriously, Why Is Elon Musk Selling Flamethrowers?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the United States, you have a right to “bear arms.” This has a special meaning which has largely been distorted by the courts, but nonetheless stands as a fundamental. Many gun owners, unfortunately, not only abuse this right but also go far beyond gun ownership to do things that while technically allowable under the … Continue reading Guns: A constitutional right is not what you think it is<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[421,430,441,449,290,516,306],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1fr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29607,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions\/29607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}