Readers React: First cellphones, then maybe guns

You reported that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said that “because digital devices had changed how people live, laws on privacy must be updated.� You also noted that the decision mocked the argument of there being no distinction between searching a person’s pockets or searching his or her cellphone: “That is like saying a ride on horseback is not materially distinguishable from a flight to the moon.� (“Court deems phones private,� June 26)

Perhaps the court has set a precedent that can now be easily applied to the 2nd Amendment. If our Founding Fathers could not have foreseen the iPhone, it is more than fair to assume they could not have foreseen the AK-47.

Stuart Fischman, Lake Forest