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David E. Young on DC's historians' amicus
An excerpt:
"It is not that the amicus historians fail to mention numerous historical facts. The problem is they often miss the significance of such facts in their rush to separate the Second Amendment from its actual private-rights-protecting nature. The professional academic historians' always-slanted interpretations are far from helpful for a clear understanding of a subject that they have helped make much more complex. It becomes evident at the very beginning of the historians' brief that their personally-held views are directly contradicted by the actual views of the two Founders, Mason and Madison, who were most closely associated with development of the provisions within the U.S. Bill of Rights."
Comments
When I was reading their brief two words kept flashing through my mind: "snow job"!
Posted by: Alan A. at February 18, 2008 09:54 AM