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« Cherry Tree, IND debate over reverse arms laws | Main | Documentary update »

NY Times on proposal to allow carrying in Nat'l Parks

Posted by David Hardy · 23 November 2006 10:18 AM

I guess it was a slow news day, so the NY Times ran a predictable editorial on the bill, introduced by outgoing Sen. George Allen, to allow firearms carry in national parks.

What was it the emperor Julian said of the gladiatorial games -- he would stand the brutality, but not the boredom? Let's see, the 2nd amendment is a collective right, the bill is being cheered on by the gun lobby (I don't see signs it's noticed it yet), the NRA and its cohorts stand for armed paranoia, if people feel insecure in the parks they should pay more taxes for more park employeees to protect them.

Reminds me of the famous painting of a NYC perspective, where NYC dominates 90% of the world view, there's a little strip representing the rest of the country, and dots of foreign countries beyond. From the NYT standpoint parks = city parks. Main risk is mugging. From the rest of the country's standpoint: National Parks, esp. mean thousands of wilderness acres, where risks include things like bears,venomous snakes, and the like.

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Kevin P. | November 23, 2006 9:02 PM | Reply

The NY Times link is broken.

Fûz | November 23, 2006 10:19 PM | Reply

Funny you cite the caricature of the United States as viewed from New York City. That very picture, a cartoon published in the New Yorker magazine IIRC, was used by Sanford Levinson to open his article, "The Embarrassing Second Amendment."

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