Stanford law prof: Second Amendment is about restricting gun rights

The Daily Caller ^ | January 30, 2014 | Robby Soave

[Bob]

How about this for “empirical research”:

Of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights, nine of them restrict the federal government and guarantee rights to the people and the states.

On the subject of guns, an exactly opposite approach was taken.

See how much logical sense that makes? Neither do I, but then again I’m not a Stamford professor.

[Toadman]

"It’s fanciful to think that guns in the hands of citizens acts as a realistic check,” said Donohue. “They’re not really trained to do so. And it’s fanciful to think that the military would ever turn on U.S. citizens."

The Romans thought the same thing before Caesar crossed the Rubicon.

[Toadman]

"...it’s fanciful to think that the military would ever turn on U.S. citizens."

Riiiiggghhhtt. Just ask those folks in New Orleans after Katrina. Maybe not the military per se, just your friendly police going door to door, robbing errrr I mean "confiscating" citizens firearms.

What a travshamockery.

[Gritty]

“It’s fanciful to think that guns in the hands of citizens acts as a realistic check on the Crown,” said Donohue. “They’re not really trained to do so. And it’s fanciful to think that the military regulars would ever turn on U.S. British citizens.”

There. I fixed it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I guess nobody ever told this guy that the Kentucky long rifle was the the assault rifle of the late 1700’s. :-)

[William Tell]

catman67 said: "So, if George Washington was offered a couple of wagonloads of AK-47s, he wouldn’t have wanted them or figured out how to use them?"

Excellent point.

And perhaps even more to the point, would Washington and the other Founders have protected the right to keep and bear them? It's nonsense to think otherwise.

[Steve_Seattle]

The Stanford prof apparently hasn’t been following events in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past ten years.

[gitmo]

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.

The man is ignorant.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. The Framers had no idea how pervasive media would become — no one has a right to express themselves to the entire world! /s

[Carry_Okie]

It costs 75000 a year to send your little adorable rug rat to Stanford law school. And that includes a Walmart skateboard but no car. And no spare change for any extras or visiting Sandra fluke.

There is a free climbing wall though! I would love to debate this willing fool.

We send our kid to Stanford for about a third of that. IMO, as an education goes, it's a mixed bag, as it is in most universities. The good news is that she will graduate with no debt. Our other daughter is making money going to college at Utah State. It's a weaker program in my opinion, when it comes to pushing the students to the cutting edge of science, but they don't leave as many gaps in their curriculum.