The New McCarthyism against Gun Owners

More nonsense regarding gun control & the violation of constitutional rights from The Volokh Conspiracy. (Beware – the article linked to by Volokh is a PDF.)

The civil libertarians who warned about a New McCarthyism in the United States turned out to be right. As in the early 1950s, politicians – abetted by an uncritical press – are using national security as a pretext to take away constitutional rights. Like the Old McCarthyism, the New McCarthyism wants constitutional rights eliminated without due process, based on mere suspicion.

*sigh*

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By Keith Survell

Geek, professional programmer, amateur photographer, crazy rabbit guy, only slightly obsessed with cute things.

2 comments

  1. It doesn’t seem particularly nonsensical to me. Maybe you could spare an extra hundred words to explain why you see it that way.

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