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To: woerm
per the supremes any state can deny any right for whatever reason their leg can come up with

Assuming I'm decoding this correctly, it is not true as a matter of law. Denial of cert means nothing, except in the particular case at hand, in which it means that the lower court rulings stand. It says nothing about the merits of the case, creats no law/precident. In this case it means we have no individual RKBA, at least in those circuits which have ruled that way, all but the 5th IIRC, and even there it's a weak right that can be abridged on a "reasonable" basis.

As a mater of practical politics, it means the gun grabbers will be emboldened and we can expect a sh*^storm of new gun ban/control legislation, at both the state and federal levels.

64 posted on 12/01/2003 10:29:16 AM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: El Gato
The supreme court has decided to wait for a different test case. Period.

No big deal. It is not time to worry yet.
79 posted on 12/01/2003 12:56:04 PM PST by TaxRelief
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