The right kind of pandering

Background: A letter in the Farmington Observer slammed Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox for submitting a brief to the Supreme Court in support of gun rights for a pending case involving Chicago's unconstitutional and onerous gun control laws. I have a different opinion on Cox's actions.

Congratulations to Attorney General Mike Cox for seeking to secure the rights of Michigan citizens to bear arms by weighing in on the Chicago gun control lawsuit. Anyone following the efforts to overturn government infringements on our inherent right to protect ourselves understands this requires a vigorous defense wherever that infringement occurs.

Even with last year’s Supreme Court ruling that correctly asserted an individual right to keep and bear arms, the fight is far from over. When a clear and undeniable right is protected by a razor thin 5-4 margin, we cannot rest.

As a state that allows citizens to protect themselves with concealed carry laws, any ruling on the Second Amendment directly affects the taxpayers of this state. If more elected officials pandered to their constituents by protecting their rights, this country would be a more prosperous and freer place.

[Letter to the Editor - Farmington Observer. Published 08/06/2009.]