Robert Owens, an Independent candidate for Attorney General in Ohio and the chair of the Constitution Party in Ohio, wrote a letter to the editor today which was printed by a number of Ohio newpapers including the Zanesville Times Recorder and the Columbus Dispatch.
“The Supreme Court recently struck down a gun ban and affirmed that the Second Amendment to keep and use firearms was an individual right. While this seems gun-rights friendly, the majority opinion contains serious flaws. The opinion is self-contradictory by first acknowledging a pre-existing right and later claiming that it is the Second Amendment that confers a right to gun ownership. This claim is directly at odds with the clear intent of the Founding Fathers, and leaves the door open for untold infringements to a citizen’s lawful right to self-defense.
Good stuff. He doesn’t go as far as Bob Bird in acknowledging, contrary to Heller, that the states DO have the authority to restrict gun ownership and usage — which is a politically difficult, if constitutionally correct course to take… But any constitutional criticism of Heller is welcome.