Unreal

On one hand, I really expected this editorial to come out of the Star Tribune. On the other, I can't say that I am all that surprised that it came out of the Chicago Tribune.

Repeal the 2nd Amendment

No, we don't suppose that's going to happen any time soon. But it should.

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is evidence that, while the founding fathers were brilliant men, they could have used an editor.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

If the founders had limited themselves to the final 14 words, the amendment would have been an unambiguous declaration of the right to possess firearms. But they didn't, and it isn't. The amendment was intended to protect the authority of the states to organize militias.

Emphasis mine......So according to the Tribune editors, the 2nd Amendment was designed to do this (HT Capt Ed)?????

Leaked minutes of the Joint Operations Command (JOC), which has orchestrated the violence since Mugabe lost a first round of voting in March, revealed that it is willing to wipe out opposition supporters.

A 10,000-strong youth militia loyal to the Zanu-PF has been created to enforce its wishes in case regular army units refuse, according to Zimbabwean human rights agencies.

No, the Founding Fathers understood the abuses that dictatorial government could impose on the people....many of them lived it. They also understood the need for personal and community defense - thus the "well regulated militia" preface. My Chicago area public school taught me that....

Maybe the Tribune editors need to go back to high school and take a basic American History class. They just might learn something...