Letter: A good guy with a gun, or a bad guy with a gun?
I have a few questions for our constitutional scholars out there, based on the following scenario: A drunk, exercising his Second Amendment rights, enters a movie theater and drops his gun, which fires after hitting the floor, critically injuring a woman sitting nearby.
Was this a good guy with a gun, or a bad guy with a gun?
Apparently, the drunk wasn’t holding the gun when it shot the lady, so how does the “guns don’t hurt people” argument work in this situation?
Where in the Constitution is there a prohibition against a drunken man playing with his gun in a crowded theater?
How does this man’s Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms,” which was endowed by other men, take priority over the lady’s right to her “pursuit of happiness,” which was endowed by her “Creator?”
Tim Taylor, Richland
This story was originally published February 7, 2016 at 5:41 PM with the headline "Letter: A good guy with a gun, or a bad guy with a gun?."