On May 31, 2011, at 2:21 AM, Greg Jacobs wrote:
> http://www.auctionarms.com/news/article/20110527-District-Court-Finds-No-Constitutional-Right-to-Conceal-Carry.cfm
>
> http://joshblackman.com/blog/?p=7002
>
> Call me dense, but I think I agree with this.....and that frightens me!!!! I
> hate agreeing with such things!!!! Please correct me!
This is the usual legal sophistry: "Reasonable regulation of a right is
permissible; this is a regulation; therefore it is reasonable."
> "As Defendants contend, regulating concealed firearms is an essential part of
> Yolo County’s efforts to maintain public safety and prevent both gun-related
> crime and, most importantly, the death of its citizens."
This is their contention, to be sure, but "reasonable" requires more than mere
claims.
Was any burden of proof satisfied by the County? Can they prove that
regulating the concealed carry of firearms by the law-abiding (certainly no one
pretends this regulation will affect the behavior of the non-law-abiding)
really enhances public safety and prevents death?
So far, evidence from Vermont, Alaska, and Arizona says the opposite -- much
like Lott's seminal work showed in 1998 for gun ownership itself. As Lott put
it during his 1997 "public mugging" on CNN, his data moved the debate from
"does this help or hurt crime statistics" to "does this help crime statistics
or have no measurable effect?"
We are now able to begin to make a good case that we have done the same for
concealed carry in America, and no matter which answer turns out to be true,
Yolo County's argument is destroyed.
--
Escape the Rat Race for Peace, Quiet, and Miles of Desert Beauty
Take a Sanity Break at The Bunkhouse at Liberty Haven Ranch
http://libertyhaven.com
_______________________________________________
To post, send message to [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see
http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private.
Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can
read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the
messages to others.
