[marktwain]

A detailed analysis, with many extended quotes from the opinion.

[Lurker]

Well done, Dean.

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[Lazamataz]

Dean, you are the best. Thanks for this wonderful article.

[Travis McGee]

[rlmorel]

"...The Second Amendment is not a Second Class Constitutional Right. It deserves the same respect as the First Amendment, or the Sixth Amendment. The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not “a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.” McDonald, 561 U. S., at 780 (plurality opinion). We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need. That is not how the First Amendment works when it comes to unpopular speech or the free exercise of religion. It is not how the Sixth Amendment works when it comes to a defendant’s right to confront the witnesses against him. And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self-defense..."

This.

Is.

Great.

Thomas is my all-time favorite Supreme Court Justice. He stands right there with William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia. Right there.

I am putting Justice Thomas on my Freep Page in my gallery of heroes.

This ruling is very meaningful for me. I come from one of those states mentioned (California, Hawaii, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maryland)

When I applied for my carry permit, I had to write a letter explaining why. I did it, because I had no choice. But it grated on me.

So far, this court is ranking as the best ever, to me.

[No.6]

Not bad! This really is the core:

“One of the clear purposes of the Constitution is to place certain things outside of government power. A core philosophical building block of Progressive thought is limits on governmental power are bad. This is not the philosophy the Constitution was based upon.”

It’s shameful that the U.S. Consitution still, after all these years, nearly stands alone as the founding document with the intent to confine government and rightly assign the rest to us, rather than to enumerate what the people may do and leave the rest to whatever maniac wrestles his way onto the levers of government.

[nagant]

Looking at history can aid in the understanding, but what was meant at the time of ratification is key.
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Why doesn’t this principle apply to the equal protection and birthright citizenship clauses of the 14th Amendment?

[Sacajaweau]

ny has put out a list where guns are not allowed....pretty much covers any place outside the home.

[Buttons12]

I haven’t read everything about this decision, but in all I’ve seen there’s no mention of open/concealed carry.
When SCOTUS refers to carrying, which one are they talking about? Because, speaking of two-step processes, in some states you can open carry but you need a special permission for concealed.

[BobL]

I love Dean - hope he can do this for another 50 years. His style is about as good as any writer I’ve ever read.

Thanks for posting!

[PROCON]

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[Captain Marvell]

Very interesting and well done article.

[atc23]

Thank God for Clarence Thomas. It’s not a full restoration of our rights as American citizens but it does move us down that path. Wait until some man who was convicted of tax fraud (a felony) in 1986, served his 90 day sentence in a federal lockup, has been a model citizen since 1986 and brings a case to the USSC relative to his being denied his 2A guaranteed right to purchase a firearm.

Does the constitution state in no uncertain terms that although this man enjoys his full 1A and 6A rights, the 2A is different in this regard?

Thomas is clearly shining a light on the road to full restoration of 2A rights when he states that 2A is not a second class right that is subject to “special” restrictions in perpetuity.

The man has been rehabilitated by the state and is therefore granted full restoration of his American citizen status.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thank you, Justice Thomas! Thank you, President in Exile Trump for giving him much needed back-up!

For all the other cr@p going on with Brandon & Crew, I cannot BELIEVE some of the excellent decisions coming out of the Court!

Praise Be! Amen! But, still plan accordingly. The rabid Socialist Democrat minions are not going to allow us a quiet summer by any means.

[MayflowerMadam]

“keep and BEAR arms shall not be infringed” — not even a smidgen of wiggle room there.

[Reno89519]

What does this mean for US citizens traveling to nearby states, such as if I cross the nearby California border? Am I now allowed to carry—and is it my or their choice of open or concealed? I am still a US citizen afforded constitutional rights when I am in California, I think.

[RandallFlagg]

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