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Cops Disarm 2-Year-Old With Handgun
The Associated Press
Friday, June 23, 2000; 2:29 a.m. EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A 2-year-old boy found wandering
in a parking lot with a loaded handgun had to be disarmed by
police.
The child was placed in foster care by the state Child
Protective Services after the incident Wednesday at the La
Casa Apartments.
The boy's mother was sleeping in a nearby apartment, police
said. She told police she didn't know where the weapon
came from.
Police said protective services officials had been at the
apartment the day before and an investigation was
continuing.
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~USP
"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
Cops Disarm 2-Year-Old With Handgun
The Associated Press
Friday, June 23, 2000; 2:29 a.m. EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A 2-year-old boy found wandering
in a parking lot with a loaded handgun had to be disarmed by
police.
The child was placed in foster care by the state Child
Protective Services after the incident Wednesday at the La
Casa Apartments.
The boy's mother was sleeping in a nearby apartment, police
said. She told police she didn't know where the weapon
came from.
Police said protective services officials had been at the
apartment the day before and an investigation was
continuing.
------------------
~USP
"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
