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06-26-2008, 07:11 AM #1
Today is the Day
Supreme Court to issue decision on D.C. gun case
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Jun 26, 7:37 AM (ET)
(AP) The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The Supreme Court has struck...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is meeting to issue its final three opinions of the term, including defining Americans' right to own guns.
The challenge to the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., is the biggest case left on the court's docket. It also is expected to resolve disputes over a campaign finance law and contracts negotiated during the Western energy crisis in 2001.
The justices won't return to the bench until Oct. 6, the start of their next term.
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06-26-2008 07:11 AM # ADS
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06-26-2008, 07:30 AM #2
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Court: A constitutional right to a gun
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 10:14 am | Lyle Denniston | Comments Off |
Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in one
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06-27-2008, 03:11 PM #3
I am beside myself and very, very happy about this. Halelujah!
Never pistol whip someone with your gun...that could mar the finish.
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06-27-2008, 07:55 PM #4
You guys are all happy and I can understand. But, I must add to this and it's not out of being jovial.
That 5-4 vote doesn't bother any of you in the least? That vote should have been 9-0. WTF were those four thinking? Are they not there to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Four of them do not understand the 2nd Amendment? Where are their heads? 5-4 is bothersome to me.
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06-28-2008, 02:36 PM #5Originally Posted by JP
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06-28-2008, 02:54 PM #6Originally Posted by parrothead_madness
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06-30-2008, 08:15 AM #7Originally Posted by JP
Not sure I could adequatly summarize, but Stevens' arguement was along the lines of the first phrase of the second amendment ("A well regulated militia) made the amendment applicable to militias.
I think Breyer's arguement was that the amendment was not absolute and that gov't could regulate its interests. Stated that it was never shown that the DC law was unreasonable.
I would have been surprised had it not gone fairly closely. Kind of an amazing decision, really, and one that I don't think will affect much of the status quo out here.
-Brian in SLC
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06-30-2008, 09:47 AM #8Originally Posted by Brian in SLC
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06-30-2008, 10:07 AM #9Originally Posted by JP
Ahhh...domestic tranquility and providing for the common defense.
-Brian in SLC
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06-30-2008, 07:45 PM #10
This makes me happy. It may not have been QUITE the victory I would have liked, but it is a victory nonetheless.
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07-01-2008, 08:14 AM #11
I am also happy with the decision. Long ago I posted a reply to a thread and said that millions of Americans cherish their second amendment rights to be their greatest right as an American. Another member replied to my coment; "If that is true that is sad." I replied to him why is it sad? He never replied to my question. If this ruling had gone the other way to be honest I think it eventually through new laws and regulations could of possibly led to our next civil war. I know many of you may think me crazy of making such a statement. But I have lived 33 good years in country where I could live the American Dream. And I would gladly fight to keep that dream alive and preserve it for the generations to come. I thank God for the decision.
"You Sombitch's couldn't close an umbrella"
Sheriff Beuford T Justice
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07-08-2008, 06:21 AM #12Originally Posted by MY T PIMP
i can tell it's an important right to you. but why the "greatest?"
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07-08-2008, 06:59 AM #13Originally Posted by stefan
This topic is being split between two posts. So I'll put my same response to the verdict here in case anyone missed it.
[quote=James_B_Wads2000]My hatred for guns is legendary here on Bogley. Go back and read some if you dare.
But with that being disclosed I have to say that the Washington D.C. handgun band went too far. It seems only fair that gun control nuts get slapped in the face with this Supreme Court ruling. That handgun band was a political band-aid on a much bigger problem in the D.C. area. Some of the surrounding D.C. areas look more like Fallujah than America. So rather than address the issues of poverty and inequality they decide to just ban hand guns thinking this will solve the violence. All it did is strengthen the rights for people to own guns.
Though I hate guns I am for personal rights. I believe that the framers of the constitution wanted the People to have the right to own guns, but that was to protect themselves from foreign invaders or natives in the frontier. Also this was to protect the states by allowing them to rely on themselves and not on a national army. I also believe that the framers had no idea that one day our country would have virtually no threat from other nations and that the majority of its citizens would be living in dense urban areas.
I just hope that the Supreme Court of the United States will champion future individual
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07-10-2008, 08:23 AM #14Originally Posted by stefan"You Sombitch's couldn't close an umbrella"
Sheriff Beuford T Justice
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07-10-2008, 10:13 AM #15Originally Posted by MY T PIMP
Although, Viginia sharpshooters get the head nod for sure...(and my bet was that a fair number of folks used their own rifles).
Amazing to tour a few revolutionary war sites. I've only been to a few (Valley Forge the last one) and it always amazes me that the guns were largely French.
Anyhoo...wild history.
-Brian in SLC
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