Jen Gunter è una ginecologa militante democratica, attivista dei diritti civili, blogger, polemista … non finisce qui e non necessariamente in quest’ordine.
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Ieri ha affisso un post che ho trovato piuttosto divertente ed efficace. Come penso ormai sappiate tutti, dopo l’ennesima strage in una scuola (questa volta a Newtown, Connecticut), il 2° emendamento della costituzione americana garantisce a tutti i cittadini il diritto di possedere e usare armi, e questo diritto è vigorosamente difeso dalla potentissima lobby NRA (National Rifle Association). L’emendamento recita letteralmente:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Una sentenza fondamentale della Corte suprema ha stabilito nel 2008 che il 2° emendamento protegge il diritto di ogni singolo cittadino americano, che presti o meno servizio in una milizia, di detenere e usare un’arma. Ma se è così – argomenta Jen Gunter – tutela il mio diritto di detenere e usare qualunque tipo di arma: non soltanto un fucile o un a pistola, ma anche un’automatica o un mitragliatore d’assalto (come si è sostenuto per Newtown); e allora perché non un’arma biologica, come l’antrace o il vaiolo? Un’arma è un’arma, no?
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Ecco il post (Getting the NRA to protect my right to bear biological weapons | Dr. Jen Gunter):
There’s been lots of talk about how the right to own semi-automatic guns and rifles is protected under the 2nd Amendment. The NRA and many gun aficionados feel that owning a semi-automatic weapon is a right of the people not to be infringed upon. And anyway, according to many people who support semi-automatic weapon ownership (or at least the ones who send me nasty tweets) these guns are very safe, because it’s not the gun, or the magazine that holds the 33 bullets, or even the bullets themselves that does the killing, it’s the person who pulls the trigger.
I’m calling bullshit, because I’m an infectious diseases aficionado and the NRA isn’t talking one bit about protecting my right to own biological arms. After all, many governments, including Uncle Sam, feel that a stock of biologics is part of a well regulated militia. I know biological weapons aren’t specifically spelled out in the 2nd Amendment, but neither are semi-automatic weapons and hey, arms is arms.
I’d like to start my collection with small pox, anthrax, and that heavy duty non-medical grade botulinum toxin (the cosmetic grade stuff is for pussies). I’m fine with getting a permit, a 72 hour wait, and even a background check, but since no test is needed to show I know how to handle a gun that can kill 33 people a minute and I’m not required to lock up a semi-automatic weapon, I shouldn’t need to prove I can handle small pox. I mean, it’s only dangerous if I take it out of its vial in uncontrolled circumstances in anything less than a level 4 microbiology lab and I just want to collect it and compare potency with other super bug and toxin aficionados.
And long as we’re interpreting the 2nd Amendment this way, I’d like my right to carry concealed biologics protected as well.
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