[lbo-talk] The right to own bloody great weapons: was nominally about clemency

[Doug Henwood]

On Dec 6, 2008, at 12:28 AM, Bill Bartlett wrote:


> What about the right to bear nuclear arms? Is that implied as well?

At a campaign appearance back in the 1994 Republican sweep, the  
Indiana Congressman-to-be John Hostettler was asked what his principle  
of gun regulation was. He said that anything the gov can own, private  
citizens should be free to own as well. When asked if that extended to  
nuclear weapons, he paused a moment and said yes.

Doug