Congrats to the Formerly Gunless in DC!

The Supreme Court issued it's ruling on the DC v. Heller case this morning, affirming that the right to own weapons is a constitutional individual right. Well, that about wraps it up for the "militia" argument.

In celebration, I dedicate the following song to all the policy analysts, legal scholars, and political journalists who followed this case. Guys, you don't need to look for a girl with a gun anymore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlmmui8iq50

(Sorry, youtube says that "embedding is disabled by request.")


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On Rights

I've been thinking a lot about rights lately, and how misconstrued the idea of rights seems to be these days.

Rights are not dispensed by the government. Government does not create rights, rights exist independent of any legislative body. Failure to understand that is failure to understand liberty.

Rights include: the right to life; right to property; right to be free; right to pursue happiness; among others.

Rights do not extend to "the right to not be offended." Rights do not include anything that takes from somebody else. Health care is a great example of a misunderstood non-right. Resources for producing health care services are finite, and desire for health care is infinite. Giving some health care to Roy leaves less for Bob. Prices remedy this conundrum.

This post is probably a little unclear because I've got "Bones" on in the background. I didn't know this show was a CSI clone.



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