BENCH QUOTE DU JOUR
Date: Mar 21, 2007 3:08 PM
Thanks to John Lott for the pointer!
http://www.johnrlot <http://www.johnrlott.com/>; t.com/

“All sorts of missions are undermined by legitimate and protected speech
– a school’s anti-gun mission would be undermined by a student passing
around copies of John R. Lott’s book,’More Guns, Less Crime;’ a school’s
anti-alcohol mission would be undermined by a student e-mailing links to
a medical study showing less heart disease among moderate drinkers than
teetotalers; and a school’s traffic safety mission would be undermined
by a student circulating copies of articles showing that traffic cameras
and automatic ticketing systems for cars that run red lights increase
accidents … Public schools are instrumentalities of government, and
government is not entitled to suppress speech that undermines
whatever missions it defines for itself. What schools are entitled
to do, as Fraser makes clear, is suppress speech that disrupts
the good order necessary to conduct their educational
function.”

The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !