A news story that will not be published by the normal news media happened Oct. 16. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that it wasn’t wrong for authorities to prosecute a Texas physician for buying a pistol while under a restraining order (“Appeals court allows some gun rights restrictions,” news story, page D1, Oct. 18).
The restraining order was meant to protect his wife and child from him. But while this might be a setback for gun-rights supporters and a victory for anti-gun zealots, the three judge panel made a point of saying that the Second Amendment preserves individual citizens’ (the) “right to keep and bear arms whether or not they are members of a select militia or performing active military service or training.”
They are saying, within reasonable laws, any American citizen can own and keep a weapon. For the Texas physician, this ruling was bad news. Always remember, the First through the Twenty Seventh amendments are part of the same Constitution. All of them must be defended and adhered to. The Constitution is not a living document to change because we are more sophisticated the framers in 1776. The Constitution provides the process of changing the document in Article Five. Please use it and don’t nickel and dime my freedoms away for your own pleasures.
Everett
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