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To: Dead Corpse
Your report, which I read, consists of 99% arguing that the second amendment applies to individuals, not militias (with which I agree) and takes a mere 1% at the end to dicsuss whether the amendment applies to the federal government or to the states.

The sum total of what it says is, "In later opinions, chiefly Presser v. Illinois and Miller v. Texas the Supreme Court adhered to the view (of Cruikshank). Cruikshank has clearly been superseded by twentieth century opinions which hold that portions of the Bill of Rights — and in particular the right to assembly with which Cruikshank dealt in addition to the Second Amendment — are binding upon the state governments. Given the legislative history of the Civil Rights Acts and the Fourteenth Amendment, and the more expanded views of incorporation which have become accepted in our own century, it is clear that the right to keep and bear arms was meant to be and should be protected under the civil rights statutes and the Fourteenth Amendment against infringement by officials acting under color of state law."

So what your link is saying is that despite three (3) USSC rulings (looks like I missed one), the author is of the opinion that the second amendment was meant to be and should be binding upon the states.

Yeah, right. And I am of the opinion that I was meant to be, and should be, rich and handsome. Whoop de do.

205 posted on 12/03/2003 12:19:37 PM PST by robertpaulsen (One out of two ain't bad.)
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To: robertpaulsen
And I am of the opinion that I was meant to be, and should be, rich and handsome.

Ah, but instead you are an ugly old narc parroting the line of the gun grabbers.

207 posted on 12/03/2003 12:36:25 PM PST by eno_ (Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
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To: robertpaulsen
Ergo, they proved out their point that the anti-Rights view of 20th Century court rulings and legislative malfeasance have NO CONSTITUTIONAL foundation and should be thrown out.

Keep on spinning. You look like a top at this point.

208 posted on 12/03/2003 12:46:21 PM PST by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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