Monday, February 27, 2006

Justice Scalia: Guns Not Just for Crime

From NewsMax.com:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia fondly remembers carrying a rifle around New York City as a boy and says outdoorsmen should attack the idea that guns are only used for crimes.

An avid outdoorsmen who's hunted with Vice President Dick Cheney
[ED.: Brave man, that Nino], Scalia spoke Saturday at the National Wild Turkey Federation's annual convention.

"The attitude of people associating guns with nothing but crime, that is what has to be changed," Scalia told the audience of about 2,000.

"I grew up at a time when people were not afraid of people with firearms," said Scalia, noting that as a youth in New York City he was part of a rifle team at the military school he attended.

"I used to travel on the subway from Queens to Manhattan with a rifle," he said. "Could you imagine doing that today in New York City?"
Scalia was criticized in 2004 for hunting ducks with Cheney while the Supreme Court was considering a case involving Cheney's energy task force. This month, a lawyer hunting with Cheney in Texas was wounded when he stepped in the way as Cheney fired at a bird.

The nonprofit turkey federation is dedicated to conserving wild turkeys and preserving hunting traditions.


(emphasis added)
My Comments:
Nino: "As far as dangerous weapons go, I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride in a car with Ted Kennedy."

3 Comments:

At 2/27/2006 2:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nino: "As far as dangerous weapons go, I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride in a car with Ted Kennedy."

I don't know about that: Ted's car kills women, Cheney's gun maims male lawyers.

 
At 2/27/2006 2:49 PM, Blogger Pro Ecclesia said...

And yet Nino somehow managed to survive their hunting trip together unscathed. Except for the MSM's attempts to call into question his ethics, that is.

Funny, I don't remember the MSM criticising any of the Justices for hobnobbing with the liberal elite on the DC cocktail circuit.

 
At 2/27/2006 2:58 PM, Blogger Fidei Defensor said...

"he was part of a rifle team at the military school he attended"

Hmm I wonder what kind, M1 Garand perhapes? Though more likely M1917 Enfield or 1903 Springfields, more accurate and the gov't was practically giving them away after World War II. Then again maybe even the old Krag Rifle.

 

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