The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
Jun 26th 2008, 2:21 pm
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The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
Not the right to arm bears.
But in case you haven't heard, the court ruled 5-4 that the Right to Bear Arms is an individual right, striking down a handgun ban in DC.
Time to buy some kevlar.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
But in case you haven't heard, the court ruled 5-4 that the Right to Bear Arms is an individual right, striking down a handgun ban in DC.
Time to buy some kevlar.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
Jun 26th 2008, 2:37 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
Not the right to arm bears.
But in case you haven't heard, the court ruled 5-4 that the Right to Bear Arms is an individual right, striking down a handgun ban in DC.
Time to buy some kevlar.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
But in case you haven't heard, the court ruled 5-4 that the Right to Bear Arms is an individual right, striking down a handgun ban in DC.
Time to buy some kevlar.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
Jun 26th 2008, 2:39 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
Not the right to arm bears.
But in case you haven't heard, the court ruled 5-4 that the Right to Bear Arms is an individual right, striking down a handgun ban in DC.
Time to buy some kevlar.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
But in case you haven't heard, the court ruled 5-4 that the Right to Bear Arms is an individual right, striking down a handgun ban in DC.
Time to buy some kevlar.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
lol kevlar indeed - this probably doesn't change much for most of the country, just the places with restrictive ordinances.
Jun 26th 2008, 2:52 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
“We start therefore with a strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans.”
Nothing like starting with an open mind.
Nothing like starting with an open mind.
Jun 26th 2008, 2:59 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
lmao
Jun 26th 2008, 3:31 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
It would be a scary thing indeed if our supreme court would not start with that presumption.
Jun 26th 2008, 3:48 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
'Belonging to' is not necessarily the same as 'exercising individually'. And that's just the beginning of the hang up. Oh well, won't change anything around here....
Jun 26th 2008, 3:51 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
I do personally agree with their decision though, for what that's worth.
Jun 26th 2008, 9:14 pm
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Re: The Right to Bear Arms affirmed
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...=545376&page=2
for another thread, and there's another one knocking around already...too lazy to merge them all I'm afraid.
for another thread, and there's another one knocking around already...too lazy to merge them all I'm afraid.
