The editorial board of the New York Times thinks a law that (1) prohibits the private ownership of handguns and (2) requires that long guns be disassembled or locked is a reasonable limitation of the right conferred by the Second Amendment. I await the board’s defense of laws that (1) prohibit certain types of speech (such as offensive speech) and (2) require that certain types of speech be approved in advance by the government. Why the asymmetry? Why the cramped reading of the Second Amendment alongside an expansive reading of the First Amendment?