Tapsearch Com EditorJacob Sullum on Giuliani's bizarre gun beliefs
April 12th 2007 00:13
I never mentioned it on this blog, but Giuliani's statement about why the government should fund abortions always annoyed me. He argued that constitutional rights -- as abortion is, like it or not -- should be available to all, so the government should take care of those who can't afford to "terminate" their pregnancies.
This "logic," of course, is absurd. I have the right to free speech, but the government doesn't owe me a telephone, a computer, a printing press, a microphone or a TV station.
Jacob Sullum, though, takes it one step further:
Since Giuliani also claims to support "the right to bear arms" (a right that is actually mentioned in the Constitution), he should, by similar logic, advocate the use of taxpayer money to buy guns for poor people.
He goes on to say:
Read the whole thing.
By Robert VerBruggen
This "logic," of course, is absurd. I have the right to free speech, but the government doesn't owe me a telephone, a computer, a printing press, a microphone or a TV station.
Jacob Sullum, though, takes it one step further:
Since Giuliani also claims to support "the right to bear arms" (a right that is actually mentioned in the Constitution), he should, by similar logic, advocate the use of taxpayer money to buy guns for poor people.
He goes on to say:
But the idea would never occur to him, because his sudden interest in the Second Amendment, like his sudden interest in strict constructionism, is merely an affectation intended to allay the concerns of Republican primary voters.
Read the whole thing.
By Robert VerBruggen
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