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To: robertpaulsen
So the first sentence, that places RKBA even further out of reach of infringement, means, to you, that the individual states are free to infringe? What DOES it mean to you? Or, like the whole notion of unenumerated rights, is it as purely decorative to you as it is to the other jackboot lickers?

Can you even name one unenumerated right?
211 posted on 12/03/2003 1:07:37 PM PST by eno_ (Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
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To: eno_
"that the individual states are free to infringe?"

It depends on the state constitution. For example, the Illinois State Constitution reads:

SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS
Subject only to the police power, the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

For comparison, the Indiana State Constitution reads:

Section 32. Arms--Right to bear
Section 32. The people shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves and the State.

The California State Constitution (and five other states' constitutions) say nothing about the RKBA. The state legislature can pass any restrictive law they think they can get away with. They are still elected officials, so I doubt they'll do anything crazy. But they could.

214 posted on 12/03/2003 1:22:52 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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