Negative Space: Strange Bedfellow Award
- Strange Bedfellows
- Politics makes for strange bedfellows, and virtual sex in defense of liberty is no vice...
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- A Liberal Democrat’s Lament
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“My background is atypical for a somewhat high-profile supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I am black and grew up in Manhattan’s East Harlem. I remain a 1960s Humphrey Democrat concerned with the plight of those most vulnerable in American society—minorities, the poor, the elderly, and single women—groups whose day-to-day realities are often overlooked in our public policy debates.”
- Excessive Gun Control is Inconsistent with Liberal Values
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Excessive gun control is inconsistent with liberal values. Before modern firearms were invented, the strong always devoured the weak. In a confrontation, strong younger males had the inherant power to to as they wished to others. Guns changed that. Firearms allow the most vulnerable people in our society to defend themselves in a way that was never possible before.
