In 2006, Newt Gingrich wrote an item in the conservative publication Human Events arguing that the First Amendment should not be allowed to provide cover for terrorists. "Either before we lose a city, or, if we are truly stupid, after we lose a city, we will adopt rules of engagement that use every technology we can find to break up [terrorists'] capacity to use the Internet, to break up their capacity to use free speech. ... Free speech is not an acceptable cover for those planning to kill." The following headline topped the piece:
"The 1st Amendment Is Not a Suicide Pact."
That was 2006. In 2017, with Stephen Paddock's actions in mind, it's fair to wonder whether, thanks to the political right, the NRA and the gun industry, the 2nd Amendment has become a suicide pact.
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