Arm everyone!
Mr. Dionne makes a convincing case for allowing our senators the right for self-defense:
Isn't it time to dismantle the metal detectors, send the guards at the doors away and allow Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights by being free to carry their firearms into the nation's Capitol?
I've been studying the deep thoughts of senators who regularly express their undying loyalty to the National Rifle Association, and I have decided that they should practice what they preach. They tell us that the best defense against crime is an armed citizenry and that laws restricting guns do nothing to stop violence.
If they believe that, why don't they live by it?
No kidding. The airline pilots wanted to do the same thing for a long time, and finally after 9/11 they got it (mainly the cost of having an air marshal on every flight was prohibitively high). There is a danger that Obama may try to end it in the liberal attempt to produce a docile population, but I frankly don't think he has enough political capital left after squandering it in the meaningless health care debate.
So, by all means. Aren't senators people too? Don't they deserve the God-given, Constitution-guaranteed right to self defense?
Arm our senators. In fact, arm everyone. If we ever get to the point where, if we armed everyone, criminals will win, well, I think we would have a bigger problem than simple gun control.