Constitutional Law
Oct. 5, 2017
Condition precedent: the decision to act
Assuming the pen is mightier than the sword, it is my hope that others will respond by doing something to ameliorate the pain that senseless gun violence has wrought upon Las Vegas, and many other comparable venues.
I am a gun owner. From a distance, I look much like the Las Vagas shooter: white, male, older and comfortable in just a T-shirt. Given that revelation, some left-leaning readers will not reach this third sentence. Some of my faculty colleagues may be stunned, upon learning that there is a gun owner in their midst. Some right-leaning readers will not proceed past this first paragraph, opting instead to shun another gun control plea. Reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel...
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