As Washington politicians aim to restrict the Second Amendment, they should look in the mirror. The time is now to control government’s guns. Over-armed federal officials increasingly employ military tactics as a first resort in routine law enforcement. From food-safety cases to mundane financial matters, battle-ready public employees are turning America into the United States of SWAT.
As gun stores currently enjoy land-sale business, some Americans are arming themselves to ensure against circumstances as yet unseen. They justifiably worry that a government that aims gun barrels at Amish dairy farmers is capable of the unimaginable.
Deroy Murdock