Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Careful With Those Metaphors:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_02_22-2009_02_28.shtml#1235624147
From an [1]NRA letter to the Memphis Commercial Appeal criticizing
their decision to publish the names of concealed-carry license
holders:
The late Charlton Heston fittingly observed that the essence of
Right-to-Carry is that in a world where wolves cannot distinguish
between lions and lambs, the whole flock is safer.
There's much I agree with substantively in the letter -- but I'd say
the "lions and lambs" metaphor doesn't quite do the work its user
would like it to do ....
References
1. http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?ID=12123
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