
244: Gun control, the second amendment and SCOTUS
Kwadwo Sheldon
Description
<p>P&C drink and review a tangerine wheat beer from Flying Dog, then discuss recent gun-related news. </p> <p>Justice Thomas recently wrote a majority SCOTUS decision overthrowing very restrictive gun laws in New York. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" means what it says. </p> <p>The boys review the decision's logic and implications. What does "keep and bear" mean? Who has this right? Is it for individual self-defense, or only in the service of a state militia? How will it affect laws in other states? </p> <p>Does this mean citizens can own anti-aircraft artillery and battleships? Is there a limit to the arms citizens can keep and bear? </p> <p>Right around the same time SCOTUS issued this decision affirming gun rights, the Senate passed legislation approving so-called "red flag laws." The boys aren't fans. </p>