ed him ofhiding drugs.PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES: Rounding out the attacks on the firstamendment, there is a sword hanging over the right to petition for redressof grievances. House Resolution 4079, the National Drug and Crime EmergencyAct, tries to "modify" the right to habeas corpus. It sets time limits onthe right of people in custody to petition for redress and also limits thecourts in which such an appeal may be heard.Amendment IIA 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.RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS: This amendment is so commonly challenged that themovement has its own name: gun control. Legislation banning various typesof weapons is supported with the claim that the weapons are not for"legitimate" sporting purposes. This is a perversion of the right to beararms for two reasons. First, the basis of freedom is not that permission todo legitimate things is granted to the people, but rather that thegovernment is empowered to do a limited number of legitimate things --everything else people are free to do; they do not need to justify theirchoices. Second, should the need for defense arise, it will not be hordesof deer that the security of a free state needs to be defended from.Defense would be needed against humans, whether external invaders orinternal oppressors. It is an unfortunate fact of life that the guns thatwould be needed to defend the security of a state are guns to attack people,not guns for sporting purposes.Firearms regulations also empower local officials, such as police chiefs,to grant or deny permits. This results in towns where only friends ofpeople in the right places are granted permits, or towns where women aregenerally denied the right to carry a weapon for self-defense.Amendment IIINo Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without theconsent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be...
