The Manhattan Institute Versus the Second Amendment
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Judith Miller, identified as "an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a City Journal contributing editor," has an op-ed piece in the New York Daily News calling on President Obama to enact stricter gun control laws following the Tucson shooting. She writes:

Aided and abetted by the Supreme Court, gun-loving Americans can now carry pistols on Amtrak trains and in national parks.

If Ms. Miller wants to mount a campaign to amend the Constitution and revise the Second Amendment, that's one thing. But until she does that, it's not really sporting to blame the justices for failing to rewrite the Constitution the way she wants. Once you start giving justices license to edit rights out of the Constitution on their own, it's a slippery slope.

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The Manhattan Institute Versus the Second Amendment
futureofcapitalism.com

Judith Miller, identified as "an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a City Journal contributing editor," has an op-ed piece in the New York Daily News calling on President Obama to enact stricter gun control laws following the Tucson shooting. She writes:

Aided and abetted by the Supreme Court, gun-loving Americans can now carry pistols on Amtrak trains and in national parks.

If Ms. Miller wants to mount a campaign to amend the Constitution and revise the Second Amendment, that's one thing. But until she does that, it's not really sporting to blame the justices for failing to rewrite the Constitution the way she wants. Once you start giving justices license to edit rights out of the Constitution on their own, it's a slippery slope.

More from Ms. Miller:

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