Retired Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens arrives for the funeral for fellow former justice Antonin Scalia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)One of the biggest threats to the recovery of the Democratic Party these days is overreach. But rarely do we see such an unhelpful, untimely and fanciful idea as the one put forward by retired Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens. In a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday, Stevens calls for a repeal of the Second Amendment. It would eliminate the only legal rule that protects sellers of firearms in the United States — unlike every other market in the world.

Source: Washington Post March 27, 2018 15:58 UTC