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1 posted on 03/03/2010 4:48:00 PM PST by Kaslin
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According to Easterbrook, the Revolution was fought and independence won so that the Founding Fathers could write a Constitution with a Bill of Rights that applied only to the District of Columbia.

If ever a man was beggin for a lobotomy, it is this man!
2 posted on 03/03/2010 4:50:33 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Kaslin

“but the U.S. Constitution is the U.S. Constitution. Surely he can’t be serious”

Sure he is serious. Why not get rid of that pesky 1st amendment next?


3 posted on 03/03/2010 4:50:56 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: Kaslin

I’m not from Chicago but if the law there for the last 30 years was against handgun ownership (as stated in the IBD article) why didn’t someone start a handgun leasing business... say a one time upfront payment equal to what you’d pay to purchase elsewhere with 99 year terms???


4 posted on 03/03/2010 4:54:08 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: Kaslin
In a 5-4 decision...

What is frightening is that there are 4 supreme court justices that voted to remove our second amendment rights. If the supreme court could remove the 2nd amendment rights how about the first?

6 posted on 03/03/2010 5:13:57 PM PST by highlander_UW (Obama has lost or not saved over 4 million jobs!)
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To: Kaslin

Otis McDonald, you have my support!!


8 posted on 03/03/2010 5:20:50 PM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Kaslin

We need simple bumper stickers that say:

“Thank you Otis McDonald”

Let ‘em ask why.


13 posted on 03/03/2010 5:38:24 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Otis McDonald, 76, an Army vet who lives in a high-crime area of Chicago, thinks the Constitution gives him the right to bear arms to protect himself and his wife as he protected his country. We think so too.

15 posted on 03/03/2010 5:43:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: Kaslin
Can my State opt out of the 16th amendment (income tax)?
22 posted on 03/03/2010 6:16:17 PM PST by Manta (Obama to issue executive order repealing laws of physics)
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To: Kaslin; Dead Corpse

So the question I have is this: there have been serious infringements on the clear language of the Second Amendment in the past, no doubt. Check your guns at the town marshal’s office. Felons don’t get to bear arms. How do you reconcile this legally with the law?

I’ve discussed this issue with you before, DC, and I came around to your way of thinking on incorporation. I have an open mind on this and actually think that probably both the practices above are overreaching. But I’d like to hear you reconcile those practices with an expansive reading of the people’s right to bear arms, if that is possible.


23 posted on 03/03/2010 6:28:15 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (When Republicans don't vote conservative, conservatives don't vote Republican.)
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To: Kaslin

Are there (as we interpret the Constitution), and should there be, any limitations on the rights of private citizens (not state militia’s) to bear any kind of arms?


25 posted on 03/03/2010 6:47:02 PM PST by Doe Eyes
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ..
Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!
35 posted on 03/04/2010 4:58:40 AM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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