Okay, the example is for "rational management" but I figure that is an attempt to dodge the bullet (figuratively) coming his way with the name "reasonable restrictions" on it:
The high-muckety-media histrionics have been comical. One howler was a clueless-as-usual Washington Post editorial harrumphing that Washington DC may still “devis[e] regulations that can provide for rational management of gun ownership.”“Rational management?” Snrk …For the sake of argument, isn’t “rational management” of printing-press ownership a terrific idea, limiting it to those who scrupulously adhere to known facts? Oh, the high dudgeon! Why, people would rise up in ARMS, for heaven's sake!Imagine this: Two talking heads, brows furrowed, power ties immaculately knotted, pompously declaiming how to “rationally” destroy (excuse me, MANAGE) the right they disfavor:Second: “Guns can be dangerous.”First: “Editorials can be dangerous.”Second: “Gun owners need a government permit.”First: “Journalists need government permits.”Second: “People should be made to wait ten days before buying a gun.”First: “Reporters and editors should cool off ten days before writing.”Second: “We must ban guns that fire more than one shot in rapid succession.”First: “We must ban printing presses that print more than one page in rapid succession. And those Web servers! Millions of hits per hour? Dangerous!”Second: “Oh, but that’s different! Guns can bring down a government!”First: “And free speech can’t?”The question here is, how should Americans respond to those seeking “rational management” of any of our civil liberties?
I would also like to suggest that perhaps even better success could be had by discussing the "rational management" or "reasonable restrictions" of blacks freed by the 13th Amendment.
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