Here’s a thought experiment. How viable would a GOP presidential candidate be if he expressed doubts about the sanctity of Americans’ fundamental right to freedom of speech. What if he said he believes in a more nuanced reading of the First Amendment, one in which “reasonable regulations” were needed to ensure peace in public discourse. Answer: it wouldn’t be pretty. That candidate would be the subject of no end of derision and criticism by the media and bien pensant commentariat. His candidacy would be declared, if not dead, certainly in mortal jeopardy. We’d be flooded with navel gazing think pieces on the imminent threat his candidacy posed to fundamental civil rights. So why isn’t the Mao jacketed, inevitable Democrat candidate facing the same withering fire for her failure this morning to support the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment? . . .
