Thread:Comments:U.S. federal judge upholds Oregon Ballot Measure 114 gun permit requirement, magazine regulations/Unconstitutional/reply (4)

I haven't studied the case thoroughly, but in any event the result is fairly clear. Again, prohibiting citizens from owning firearms is obviously authoritarian and objectively not an egalitarian policy. Without a provision like 2A, a government can essentially do whatever they like with their citizenry. The idea that citizens do not need firearms and that the state will always act in the best interest of its citizenry is absurdly complacent, short-sighted and historically ignorant. It is unacceptable.

Incidentally, does wikinews accept editorials? I don't necessarily mean about gun control, but just in general.