Dave Kopel on the Assault-Weapons Ban on National Review Online

Dave Kopel on the Assault-Weapons Ban on National Review Online: "At midnight tonight, the federal ban on so-called 'assault weapons' expires. As a constitutional moment, the expiration is as significant for the Second Amendment as the March 3, 1801, expiration of the Alien and Sedition Acts was for the First Amendment. These federal laws were not found unconstitutional by any court, but the laws expired in disgrace because our political system, as expressed through congressional elections, determined them to be infringements on the Bill of Rights."

Look forward to the streets being flooded with AK-47's and Uzi's the gun banners are saying... They really just don't get it. What bothers me is those that are saying "with terrorism the threat it is today, we cannot afford to allow these guns back on the streets..." Don't they realize that it's the gun in the hands of the average American that is going to be the first line of defense in a terrorist attack against civilians? Why do you think the terrorists attacked where Americans wouldn't be allowed guns? Because in our society, a person never knows if his fellow citizen is armed, and in that is deterrence. Where everyone is known to be helpless, you'll find the hyena willing to prey on the sheep... Me, I don't like the idea of being the sheep.
-Robert D.