The Supreme Court has finally ruled on the Second Amendment case they have been mulling over for months now.  They have in fact ruled as I thought they would in favor of gun owners over the District of Columbia’s ban.  This is no big shock considering the makeup of the current court.  What may come as a shock to those of you, who know me a liberal, is I am in favor of their ruling.

The Second Amendment doesn’t exist so people can hunt.  It doesn’t even exist so you can protect your home and property.  The Second Amendment was written and has remained in the US Constitution for one reason alone.  The Second Amendment is the reasoning by which the revolutionaries justified their war of independence.  The Second Amendment only protects our right of rebellion. Read the full story

In the modern age, the latest roaring battle cry from women is “Reproductive Rights”. I find myself questioning the whole notion, on a legal level and an ethical level. Here is your opportunity to speak out.

My first instinct is that yes women have reproductive rights. The more I think about it on a legal level I start to have my doubts about whether they should. Time and time again, the US population has said select groups don’t deserve special rights. To an extent I don’t disagree with that notion. In all practicality I realize the government often times has to step in and protect certain groups from mob mentality, but that is a different argument altogether. If women are afforded special reproductive rights, does this put them in a category of select individuals getting rights not available to the general public? Read the full story