Alissa Blanton, a newlywed from Florida was murdered, in front of her husband, by a man who was stalking her. The killer? A former patron of the restaurant she used to work at. Blanton asked a judge for a restraining order, which was denied. Even if she had been granted the restraining order, she would probably still be dead.
Why? Because a restraining order, on fresh paper, with fresh ink, will not stop a psycho killer. But there is other paper which will. It is old paper, covered with old ink. It is the Constitution's Second Amendment.
Honest, hard-working, sane, non-criminal Americans should have the right to carry a firearm. If Alissa or her husband had held up a court order in the face of the gunman, nothing would have changed. If they had held out a Constitutionally guaranteed firearm, there is a good chance things would have ended differently. Evil people rely upon the probability that most people do not carry guns. If they believe that there is a substantial chance that they will be killed in the course of their mayhem, evil people may rethink their plans. If they do not reconsider, then the innocent should be allowed to defend themselves without the government placing burdens upon them.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/stalker-kills-florida-newlywed-alissa-blanton/story?id=9801964
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Brad,
ReplyDeleteI like where your going with this, however what constitutes as sane or insane? I think that its a good idea for anyone who chooses to own a gun go through severe testing for psychological defects as well as a background check on them and their families and also to see if they have a criminal record. I do like the idea though of the constitutional textualism of what the framers meant not constitutional literalism.
Kyle