Individual sovereignty is a plank in the Libertarian Party Platform. Individual sovereigns by definition do not consent to be governed. We then apply draconian punishment as an example to others who might stray. It is a prescription for authoritarian justice. The extreme individualism leads exorably to political cynicism.
Political cynicism is nowhere more evident than in gun rights politics.
The antidote to political cynicism is public enlightenment. We use free institutions to get out all the relevant information, conduct rational, informed public debate that arrives at a consensus, and let policy follow. We haven't gotten to that point yet. Oral arguments were held June 13, 2000. The Potomac Institute raises the fundamental issues in its amicus curiae brief in Emerson .