Rights are a Bundle. Ignore Some at Your Own Risk

Again, for those not listening...

Rights are a bundle, not a la carte.

"You don’t care very much about the rights of the sky zombie folks* because you care more about COVID-19? Totally understandable, as you’re allowed to value your personal concerns over those of other people. But then, they’re allowed to care about their values over yours. The difference is that theirs are protected by the Constitution. Honor it not because you agree, but because you expect them to honor the rights you value, and either they all deserve respect or none do."

*these would be religious people

https://blog.simplejustice.us/2020/11/28/god-v-science-constitutionally-speaking/

On Texas and Concealed Carry

I'm an advocate of concealed and open carry...

I think it will save lives in the aggregate...

But let's not delude ourselves into thinking there won't eventually be a tragic mistake...

Nothing is perfect...

It is all about the balance of benefits and costs...

We suck at this...

Gun rights advocates like myself need to be ready to admit it if the negatives outcomes outweigh the positives (this doesn't mean we have to abandon our support for a fundamental right).

I am also acutely aware that people on my side of the criminal justice reform debate are blissfully ignoring the fact that crime has plummeted during the mass incarceration years and we need to be prepared if it turns out that criminal justice reform dramatically reverses this trend...

Ending the drug war with a shift to treatment could also have more negatives than positives...

But I think we should try (or at least the Feds can get the f out of the way and let some states try)

https://pluralist.com/jack-wilson-white-settlement-shooting-texas-armed-churchgoers/49999/?fbclid=IwAR0-TGDXL0uEq-8FktHLAsqqOiz-TMYAMxvFEe_Wn5IqQQh1Rax1Tu_cBmI