Constitutional Law

Antigun group on townhall/tea party meetings

Josh Horwitz of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence cites the tea party gatherings as "the violent, insurrectionist philosophy that has corrupted the Second Amendment."

"right wing activists have stormed these meetings en masse to shout down speakers "

"The Tea Party "mobs" are not as spontaneous as they might appear."

"On August 6, a town hall meeting in St. Louis was marred by a physical confrontation which resulted in multiple arrests." (As in several thugs attacked a peaceful protestor.)

I find his complaint about insurrectionist understandings a little humorous, since if you look at the Heller ruling, the majority cites individual self defense as the primary reason for the right to arms, while the Stevens dissenters are the ones who say the primary purpose was to give the States military power to match the Feds -- i.e., an insurrectionary approach.

UPDATE: I see Snowflakes in Hell has a post on it, too.

Hat tip to reader Jack Anderson....

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).