Dark Horses

Asked to name a major issue on which the liberal-Left is not in favor of civil liberties, knowledgeable students of our politics would probably answer, “gun control.”

In general, that answer would be correct. Numerous liberals who take a strict-constructionist posture concerning the First Amendment assume a directly contrary stance toward the Second Amendment language guaranteeing “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” On this subject, the normative position of the liberal-Left is in favor of tougher regulation, up to and including the confiscation of handguns—justified by reasoning the relevant constitutional safeguards into oblivion.

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M. Stanton Evans

Asked to name a major issue on which the liberal-Left is not in favor of civil liberties, knowledgeable students of our politics would probably answer, “gun control.”

In general, that answer would be correct. Numerous liberals who take a strict-constructionist posture concerning the First Amendment assume a directly contrary stance toward the Second Amendment language guaranteeing “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” On this subject, the normative position of the liberal-Left is in favor of tougher regulation, up to and including the confiscation of handguns—justified by reasoning the relevant constitutional safeguards into oblivion.