Activist Judges Threaten US Gun Law (Brady Campaign To Prevent The 2nd Amendment)

Email from The Brady Campaign | 3/15/07 | StoptheNRA.com

[ExpatGator]

The Brady Harpies have their collective panties in a wad over the Appeals Court Ruling. I would love to buy those two judges a cold beer after a day at the range.

Just for the sake of disclosure and in the spirit of Sunshine Law week: I am writing this from the computer in my gunshop and my concealed carry gun is on my hip.

P.S. Bite me Sarah

[Egon]

Ping.

[joyspring777]

Too many people get their minds full of ways to supposedly "do good" after a tragedy like what happened to Mr. Brady.

Most times they are hopelessly wrong headed. This is defintely one of them.

"When handguns are outlawed, only criminals will have handguns"

...with the exception of the police

[goldstategop]

I just love this. Liberals are all for judicial activism as long as it advances their agenda. When it threatens their agenda, it must be firmly opposed. The Constitution can only be interpreted as liberals want it to be interpreted. If judges cross liberals, we're on the road to despotism. Of course judicial tyranny is never an issue when its used to expand governmental power and limit freedom. That's the kind of judicial activism liberals are right at home with.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[KeyesPlease]

I guess to these enemies of civil rights there is no law that could ever violate the Second Amendment. They read the Bill of Rights as if the 2A is just not there. They ignore overwhelming history and legislative intent that clearly affirms 2A to be an individual right.

If the 2A is not an individual right then there are no individual rights. It's all one big collective kumbaya.

[ExpatGator]

Their propensity to attack the 2nd Amendment and our Human Right to defend ourselves is proof that the right is necessary. Their tactics build our numbers.

[goldstategop]

Liberals are threatened by individual freedom - it removes one more element of dependency upon the state. And it eliminates their indispensability and that of the government they run. There's a logic to their nuttiness.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[jjm2111]

Guess I'll be donating more money to the NRA and SAF!!!

[joyspring777]

Judicial activism, for liberals and government bureaucrats, is a ONE WAY RATCHET.

[VeniVidiVici]

The hypocracy comes from the boneheads at the Brady Bunch.

This isn't judicial activism. This ruling created no law. This ruling created no "right" where none previously existed. No, this ruling overturned a bad law and ruled the constitution trumps bad law.

Exactly what they are supposed to be doing.

[USNBandit]

Why is this ruling so radical? Because the decision defies almost 70 years of legal precedent.

Not all legal precedent is good.

One only has to look at the recent decision regarding eminent domain to see that some ruling need to be overturned or legislated around. Dred Scott, anyone?

[KeyesPlease]

Think I'll hit the range this weekend and maybe drag a lib or two with me. Direct "shock therepay" desensitization to weapons is a remedy for hoplophobia. It is amazing that so many people who fear these inanimate objects have never, by hand or eye, sampled one.

[NoBullZone]

Unlike Judge Henderson, the two judge majority ruled against decades of legal precedent… and actually believe the second ammendment means what it says!


There - fixed it ...

[DBrow]

"...the gun lobby threatens to achieve through the courts what it has been unable to do in Congress."

Horrors! The hypocrisy! It's not at all like hauling manufacturers into court to force bankruptcy (like Rudy tries).

[goldstategop]

Yep. In their tiny minds, the gun nuts, Christian theocrats and Wal-mart all stand in the way of Utopia. They can't stand the thought history might be reversed. That goes against their view of the world's ordained march down to the cultural sewer.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ExpatGator]

Exactly. There have been very few gun rights related rulings in memory that I agreed with.

This was a great day for us gun owners, and 2nd Amendment activists. Let's support our gun organization of choice and keep the momentum going!

[Dead Corpse]

They want to "save" the 22,000+ gun laws that have done nothing to make us safer, that governments had no legitimate authority to pass in the first place, and do nothing but make sure we are easy victims?

Sounds like Treason to me...

[EdReform]

This fight is so critical to the safety and sanity of our nation that an anonymous donor has extended his challenge and will match dollar for dollar all gifts to this Brady Gun Law Defense Fund.

I sent a donation to the NRA-ILA today. More gun owners should consider joining and supporting the NRA, GOA, and SAF.

[SamuraiScot]

Your gift will be fully tax deductible.

Huh?

My gifts to NRA/ILA are not, because ILA is dedicated to affecting legislation, hence, no 501c-3.

Does the IRS have a spare proctoscope for these people?

[goldstategop]

Its funny to hear liberals defend legal precedent. If they used that argument in the 1950's, we'd still have a Jim Crow apartheid South. If they used that argument in the 1970s, abortion would still be banned. They just hope folks don't notice how desperate their arguments get when they have nothing left to fall back upon.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus