yourself should not be tolerated by any free people. There. Finished the thought.
Something which should really put them on notice in places like Chicago is that the only one of the the three judges who dissented did so on the basis of her notion that, since D.C. is not a state, the 2nd Amendment wouldn't apply. Obviously, Illinois is a state.
Our Revolution commenced on more favorable ground. It presented us an album on which we were free to write what we pleased. We had no occasion to search into musty records, to hunt up royal parchments, or to investigate the laws and institutions of a semi-barbarous ancestry. We appealed to those of nature, and found them engraved on our hearts. Yet we did not avail ourselves of all the advantages of our position. We had never been permitted to exercise self-government. When forced to assume it, we were novices in its science. Its principles and forms had entered little into our former education. We established however some, although not all its important principles. The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved,) or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
Our Revolution commenced on more favorable ground. It presented us an album on which we were free to write what we pleased. We had no occasion to search into musty records, to hunt up royal parchments, or to investigate the laws and institutions of a semi-barbarous ancestry. We appealed to those of nature, and found them engraved on our hearts. Yet we did not avail ourselves of all the advantages of our position. We had never been permitted to exercise self-government. When forced to assume it, we were novices in its science. Its principles and forms had entered little into our former education. We established however some, although not all its important principles. The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved,) or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
When I saw that I thought to myself, "yep... thats exactly what I want my politicians to be ....scared."
If even two liberals like Ginsburg and Souter understand the intention of the 2nd Amendment then it's time to let the USSC rule on this issue once and for all. Look for the democrats who don't want that to happen to preempt an appeal and overturn the DC ban so as to keep unconstitutional guns laws in place nationwide.
Agreed, it's written in easy to understand plain English while hitting on every major point that those who favor individual rights have made in the past. I expect it'll find its way into many classrooms across the country.
That's such a sweeping statement that I have to wonder if it's really true.
I'd think it's more likely that at least some of the 10 other courts have not ruled it to be an individual right. That's a bit different than all of them having ruled it to be a collective right.
If they actually have ruled that way, I would have expected that Sarah Brady and the other gun-grabbers would be using it in their campaigns.
So, what we are saying here is, that freedom of speech is a collective, and not an individual right. You do not the have right of free speech unless you are a member of a well regulated Media.