Originally published at: Teens bring guns to school daily
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Doesn’t this infringe their second amendment rights?
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Oooooh! Damn, I wish I were already a lawyer. I have an idea. Clarence Thomas has been pretty consistent about at least two legal issues: 1) That the Second Amendment is damn near absolute, and 2) that minors have almost no rights, no right to free speech, no right to assemble, no right to nothing. So let’s put these two ideas to the test and see which one matters more to him.
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Depends. Which one will get him a yacht to go with his fancy Winnebago?
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- Both positions would cancel each other out.
- This would be the legal equivalent of a matter/antimatter reaction.
- No contest - the weapons lobby’s arguments are irrefutable, financially speaking.
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IANAL, but I can spot a loophole when I see one.
eta: Would a pop quiz be sufficient justification for a “stand your ground” defence?
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“The problem isn’t the easy availability of firearms, the problem is that some people are teenagers. Let’s focus on that.” [Saving the ammosexuals some time here].
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Over 8 teens busted…
More than eight teens busted…
Indeed, if we ignore Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, which contradicted the rather stirring notion that students don’t “shed their constitutional rights to freedom […] at the schoolhouse gate.”
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