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Liberals off mark on gun-rights bill
Interesting bit from the enemy camp calling out his own.
Read the bit, exurb posted below.
"To insist that the measure is unconstitutional requires arguing that states have the ultimate right to legislate on guns. Yet if Congress were some day to prohibit concealed-carry everywhere, or to impose gun-control measures with teeth across the country, the same argument could be used to say that Congress lacks the authority to do so.
So liberals should be careful about borrowing the tools of constitutional conservatism to oppose the bill on states-rights grounds. Better to leave it to principled conservatives to challenge the measure as overstepping Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce."
Interesting bit from the enemy camp calling out his own.
Read the bit, exurb posted below.
"To insist that the measure is unconstitutional requires arguing that states have the ultimate right to legislate on guns. Yet if Congress were some day to prohibit concealed-carry everywhere, or to impose gun-control measures with teeth across the country, the same argument could be used to say that Congress lacks the authority to do so.
So liberals should be careful about borrowing the tools of constitutional conservatism to oppose the bill on states-rights grounds. Better to leave it to principled conservatives to challenge the measure as overstepping Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce."
