In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos Sunday, Hillary Clinton summed up her outlook on the right to bear arms. In the interview, Stephanopoulos first asked for Clinton's reaction to Trump's charge that she wanted to "abolish the Second Amendment," and whether she believed "that an individual's right to bear arms is a constitutional right, that it's not linked to service in a militia?"
Her initial answer was, "I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the late Justice Scalia, and there was no argument until then that localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every amendment, to impose reasonable regulation."
Justice Scalia wrote the court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller on June 26, 2008. That decision severed the connection that liberals forged between a well-armed militia and the individual's right to bear arms. Hillary believes that the right to bear arms, and in fact all the rights outlined in the Bill of Rights are subject to regulation by the government.
Hillary's statement that our rights are subject to government regulation is dangerous to hear from anyone who is seeking a position of public leadership. All the regulations required for the Bill of Rights are contained in the Bill of Rights. According to Mrs. Clinton, our speech, expressing ourselves, and our religious practices are all subject to government regulation. This is a nonsensical notion that sounds like it came from the pages of "1984."
