Scalia on the limitations of the 2nd amendment rights.

Charles. I think making important decisions when things are emotional almost always leads to bad results ... including making laws. Any law made as a response to a crazy person doing something crazy will be a bad law. They need to not do anything ... now.

When criminals start obeying gun control laws then those laws will work to make us safer. Hmmmm. Yeah, that's a fairy tale that is never going to happen.

I like being armed. I keep a weapon in my car, in my office, by my bed. I'm not paranoid. I just know there are both crazy and evil people in this world ... and I want to be able to defend myself and my family.

I think over time, the SC will draw lines of what is protected by the 2nd amendment and what is over the line. I also think they will make a reasoned judgment. I just loved the glimpse into Scalia's thinking. He is interesting. I do think he is the right kind of person to be a SC justice. He thinks deeply but refuses to follow group thinking.

As to open carry. I do not know why, but I am not comfortable with that. I don't want to be in the grocery store or restaurant and have someone with a weapon strapped across their back or tied to their leg.