“The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed — where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once.” – Justice Alex Kozinski, US 9th Circuit Court, 2003
Yes, and to meet the contingency as the Founders intended, we must practice. As he said, we’ll get one chance.
Kosinski is one of the great judges of our time. If you haven’t read the whole decision, it’s worth the time.
Sorry Kozinski. Auto-correct…