To: theBuckwheat
Further, if you read the Court's opinion, you will find that the District of Columbia is not a State, so the Bill of Rights does not even apply! I'm not making this up. Was that from the majority, or was it from the dissenting judge?
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03/15/2007 8:27:40 PM PDT by
Ken H
To: Ken H
The following is in the majority opinion, written to respond to a point made by the District:
As a corollary to its collective right position, the District arguesalbeit almost as an afterthoughtthat it is not subject to the restraints of the Second Amendment because it is a purely federal entity
From the bottom of page 46. The link to the full PDF of the opinion can be found at the bottom of this story:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2007/0004543259&EDATE=
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