Donald Trump, Aggrieved Gun Owner or Closet Elitist?

By Robert Farago

“I do have a gun, and I have a concealed-carry permit, actually, which is a very hard thing to get in New York. And, of course, the problem is once you get to the border line of New Jersey or anyplace else, you can’t do it, which is ridiculous, because I’m a very big Second Amendment person.” That’s a quote from a recent Field & Stream interview with The Donald [via ammoland.com]. What they forgot to ask . . .

is whether or not Mr. Trump supports constitutional (a.k.a., permitless) carry. It’s easy enough to say “I support gun rights” without addressing the crux of the matter: do all Americans have a right to keep and bear arms without government infringement? If you believe that the government should be able to decide who carries, then you don’t support the Second Amendment.

The problem with that position is, of course, political. Gun control advocates would have a field day with any Republican candidate who’d come out for constitutional carry. Extremist! Gun nut! Baby killer! Even so, I’d like to see Mr. Trump and all his fellow presidential candidates thread the needle on constitutional carry — if only to get the …Read the Rest

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