Justice John Paul Stevens Is Absolutely Wrong about the Second Amendment, Again

By Ilya Shapiro Ilya Shapiro

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’
New York Times op-ed calling for the repeal of the
Second Amendment has made quite a stir. It’s one thing for
traumatized teenagers to demand that we “do something” to stop gun
violence, quite another for a distinguished jurist to call for a
fundamental constitutional change.

Yet Stevens effectively agrees with the high-schoolers, arguing
that the rallies they orchestrated last weekend “demand our
respect” because they “reveal the broad public support for
legislation to minimize the risk of mass killings of schoolchildren
and others in our society.”

But what does that mean? Should all schools be on permanent
lockdown, with entrance and exit allowed only if accompanied by a
parent or administrator? Should they be required to have armed
guards — which Parkland did, and they failed to act —
and metal detectors (which many urban schools already have)? Or
maybe we should mandate even higher-level security equipment and
procedures more typically seen on army bases and prisons?

It’s one thing for
traumatized teenagers to demand that we “do something” to stop gun
violence, quite another for a distinguished jurist to call for a
fundamental constitutional change.

Heck, get rid of lockers and any other opaque storage facilities
and make students go to school in their underwear. There are plenty
of things that could …Read the Rest

Source:: Cato Institute