Posted on 04/12/2014 9:15:49 AM PDT by lilyramone
John Paul Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. This essay is excerpted from his new book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.
Following the massacre of grammar-school children in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012, high-powered weapons have been used to kill innocent victims in more senseless public incidents. Those killings, however, are only a fragment of the total harm caused by the misuse of firearms. Each year, more than 30,000 people die in the United States in firearm-related incidents. Many of those deaths involve handguns.
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Mr Steven makes it crystal clear in this article that he is not competent to serve as a judge. Seems he can not figure out the difference between an actual statement of law like “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” and a listed motivation for having such a law “a well regulated militia being necessary for the security of a free state”. This is very very very simple and obvious. Its not really a thing rational competent people can disagree with. Unless he is a complete idiot, he is a fraud—either way it is disgraceful that he is a judge.
We are one scotus judge away from this a$$hole’s fix. He!!, Roberts may be the one.
Gerald Ford, you effin idiot
What a moron Stevens is.
IF the 2A was only referring to active militia service, IT WOULD BE UNNECESSARY.
Why ?
Easy: What is a militia without arms ?
It goes WITHOUT SAYING that a militia will have arms.
YOU DON’T NEED AND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO DECLARE THAT MILITIAS WILL BE ARMED.
It therefore must be talking about the right to bear arms when NOT in a militia.
As it mentions an effective militia for the basis of its reasoning, it’s obviously saying, in modern parlance - since we know we need an effective militia, and that having one means we have to have people good at using arms, people will have the right to bear arms without restriction, so they can maintain their proficiency with them.
Here are five words for the eminent Justice: F*** you, John Paul Stevens.
Amazing how so many ‘smart’ people are so horribly ignorant. It’s not about defending the country from outsiders. It’s about citizens protecting themselves from tyranny.
Oh, and it isn’t about hunting for dinner either.
What if there were amendments like:
The right of the people to engage in sexual intercourse within a marriage between a man and a woman shall not be infringed.
The liberals would go apes__t!
“Repeal this and you’re screwed”
He has no problem with that,he says it's a right in the U.S. Constitution.
HIs logic is all over the place. First he says we need to add five words to the 2nd amendment, then, knowing that won’t happen, he presses for further legislation by insisting that the Heller ruling didn’t over-rule Miller. Either argument is coherent; together they are nonsense. Why would an intelligent man be so stupid? Because he is, not a reasonable man, but an ideologue bent on deceit: How can any sane, reasonable man argue that an AR-15 is not a useful weapon for defending one’s home? Or that it’s not what a militiaman might train with?
Gun-grabbers always reach first for the guns most useful for defending one’s liberty and prosperity, and last for the guns used by criminals to deprive people of liberty and prosperity. Why is that?
Even further, “between one man and one woman” . . . what would the Muslims and their liberal “allies” then say?
Save those with colostomies.
"The right of the people to engage in sexual intercourse within a marriage between a man and a woman, being necessary for the general welfare of a free state, shall not be infringed."
Stevens......go read James Madison’s ‘Federalist 46’ then shut the F up!
Oh, yah, and go change your Depends. You stink.
A “well-regulated Militia” IMHO is simply one that conducts itself properly, i.e. has not devolved into a predatory gang.
The numbers are irrelevant. Your family is a militia to protect family members and the home.
Government organization and command is not mandated. Citizens have a right to organize for training and self-defense if they wish.
Any armed citizens who respect the rights of others and may or may not organize into a larger body constitute a well-regulated militia.
-Judge Heartwood
PS Judge Stevens you use many many words to get to your five words that nullify a basic Constitutional right.
These judges and politicians should be hung for what they’ve done to our nation.
Give them a quick trial, and hang their A$$es!
Are you sure about that? I don’t think that’s so.
But a very large percentage are gangbangers offing each other / people who dissed them. It’s a societal issue no one wants to talk about, so you get this general “more gun control” nonsense from many.
“These judges and politicians should be hung for what theyve done to our nation.”
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Just so the grammar police to blow a head gasket, I should’ve said HANGED!
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