I've always felt that to understand someone's perspective you have to understand their views on a number of issues. Only through looking at their views in aggregate can you begin to understand where they are coming from and why. In doing this, you're able to contrast their views with your own and broaden your perspective.

This page contains articles I find interesting as well as a series of numbered posts which I have written. Taken together, these form a synthesis of my views on a number of current issues (and yes, the numbered posts are ordered in such a way as to reflect their relative importance to me). Although I am not registered with either party, I tend to have a distinctively left slant. After reading my posts, consider the issues again in terms of the tradeoff between individual freedoms and economic freedom. (Check out the multi-axis spectrum linked in the left sidebar.)

Submit your comments to these posts - I look forward to hearing your views and responses. Whether we agree or disagree is irrelevant. The dialog is what matters. Our form of government relies on having an interested electorate and the very fact that we are discussing our views on these important issues perpetuates its success.

(12) Gun Control

The 2nd Amendment prohibits any infringement on "the right of the people to keep and bear arms". I don't find anything ambiguous about this nor do I see how it can be susceptible to any other interpretation.

When studying this issue in law school, I tried to approach it with a completely open mind. I've never really been a "hunter / sportsman", so my only bias was probably that of my generally left political slant. Suffice it to say, after extensive study, I've been fully convinced that the Constitution conferred an individual right to the people to own guns. All the counter "militia" based arguments, in my opinion, were nothing more than legal rhetoric and obfuscation drummed up to support a predetermined result. About two weeks after I wrote this post, the Supreme Court gave their opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (June 26, 2008). Needless to say, I believe they got this one right.

I'm hopeful that Heller will be a step toward getting the Brady Act repealed as I believe it is also unconstitutional. Similarly, any other restrictions imposed by other federal legislation or by the states are, in my opinion, unconstitutional based on the clear language of the Amendment.
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