We Need to Deemphasize the Negative Freedom of Gun Rights in Favor of the Positive Freedom of Life

By Dan Zimmerman

Opponents of gun-ownership constraints focus on what political scientists call “negative freedom,” which suggests government restrictions on behavior are unwarranted. Seldom does the gun control debate take account of “positive freedom,” which strives to offer a rich menu of options to its beneficiaries. Alone on his island, Robinson Crusoe had unlimited negative freedom, but virtually […]

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