It didn't take long. In just a few days after the Supreme Court ruled in the Heller case, the implications of its ruling are being tested. The NRA is the leading proponent of gundamentalism in America and law makers are too often at its beck and call. On Tuesday in Georgia a law took effect that allows people to carry guns in restaurants, state parks and on public transportation such as buses and subways. The problem is that gun rights proponents now claim that because the Atlanta airport is a place of public transportation and it houses restaurants, they must be allowed to carry their firearms onto airport premises. When city officials declared the airport a 'gun free zone' gun rights supporters filed a lawsuit. They want to be able to carry their guns up to the point where passengers go through security to board a flight.
Does the 2nd amendment right to own a gun mean that there are no limits? All our other constitutionally protected freedoms have limits - we have freedom of speech, but we can't yell "FIRE" in a theatre. We have freedom of assembly but we must get a permit. We have freedom of religion but we can't sacrifice animals on the courthouse steps. At some point all individual rights bump up against the good of the greater community. But advocates of gundamentalism know no bounds.
Who will counter the claims of gundamentalism? People of faith, it's time to speak out.
