"Preventing Gun Violence" is not
a Compelling Governmental Interest
By Dean Weingarten. December 8, 2019
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In a recent column, well known Reason editor and writer Jacob Sullum makes a likely unintentional error. He writes that "preventing gun violence" is a compelling government interest. From townhall.com:
Restrictions on fundamental rights usually pass muster only if they are narrowly tailored to further a compelling government interest -- in this case, preventing gun violence.
"Gun violence" is an Orwellian phrase that compels the user to focus on guns rather than on illegitimate actions.
"Preventing gun violence" is not a compelling government interest.
Preventing murder, can be a compelling government interest, though, in our federal system of limited governmental powers, it should primarily be an interest of the States, not the federal government.
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"The choice, preference and discretion of those who want a disarmed population, are all aimed at disarming the rest of society, precisely what the Second Amendment is designed to prevent."
