Speaking Freely of Guns

I am about to speak freely of guns, because I can. When I do, many of you will no doubt be inclined to mutter "amen," quietly to yourselves. Others of you will no doubt feel compelled to throw up all over me, as you have done under similar circumstances before. I expect to hear preferentially from the latter group, because they seem perennially inclined to shout; but frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn. Whatever their current predilection for projectile vomiting, I was there first. I am sickened and disgusted by us. But first things first. Before speaking freely of guns, I am inclined to speak freely of speaking freely, again because I can. I can, because of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I think we should spend a little time there, before wading into weeds for the sake of the Second. The First Amendment is...first. It comes before the Second. It is primary; numero uno. If the Second Amendment is sacred, the First is, if anything, more so. It is, if anything, more American; more patriotic; more...Constitutional. Those inclined to go beyond the reverence we all feel for the Founding Fathers and impart to them attributes they do not warrant- omniscience, infallibility, immunity to the law of unintended consequences- must be in for a pound if in for a penny. Those inclined to defend the utmost literalism in every utterance from 1789 as if immutable in ever-changing context are thus obligated to defend comparably the choice to make the First Amendment first,...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news