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God Bless him!
It is interesting, after I cancelled, after many years, my WSJ subscription last year I am always directed to the Resubscribe site when trying to go directly to the OJ freebie. Whereas I jusr google the WSJ article title and can read the whole article.
I knew Alan back in the day. Nice guy, very unassuming.
The 2A saved the 2A, just the way it was intended. I believe that if Kennedy hadn’t sided with the majority, one of the dissenting justices would have joined instead. I don’t think anyone wanted to test whether or not the Constitutional default button embodied in the 2A was operational.
This an an absolutely crucial point if one ever finds themselves debating the 2A and/or Heller. By avoiding the point, the dissenting justices implicitly agreed that the 2A enumerates an individual right. Their dissent merely addressed the degree of gov't control necessary to achieve, in their opinion, other public/safety policy objectives.
Gura was brilliant during oral arguments. My only gripe with him was that he threw machine guns under the bus when John Roberts invited him to include them in his argument.
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