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To: inquest
A strict interpretation would leave drug enforcement exclusively to the states, gun control would also be a state issue as long as it did not conflict with the second amendment
9 posted on 11/03/2005 4:04:53 PM PST by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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To: kublia khan
....gun control would also be a state issue as long as it did not conflict with the second amendment

That is the very issue we are dealing with in California right now. The CA Attorney General argues that the 2nd. Amendment only applies to the feds and not the states. He is asserting "States' Rights". Therefore, since California does not have an RKBA amendment in the state constitution, the state is then free to restrict arms and ammo as it pleases.

Right now there is a movement to put a RKBA into the California State Constitution. I am not hopeful of its passage and if it does pass, the courts will most likely strike it down. The feds and the states need to be compelled by the electorate to stop the cynical ambiguity of whether the Constitution upholds the rights of the people, or those in power, be they fed, state, county, or dog-catcher.

I won't hold my breath.

32 posted on 11/04/2005 9:44:59 AM PST by elbucko
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