[pissant]

Thank goodness. My NRA $$ is paying off.

[facedown]

The beat goes on.

[oh8eleven]

Wow, two courts in about a week actually recognizing the Constitution. Maybe there's hope after all.

[geo40xyz]

WOW, a New Jersey judge up-holds 2nd Amendment. What's next?

[Petruchio]

added the banglist keyword so the list can find it.

[goldstategop]

Cool! A double-barreled defeat for the gun-banning nuts on the Left.

"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

[dangus]

The scope is very small, but the precedent is huge. The guy voluntarily relinquished firearms he had had on him during a domestic dispute. Four years later, NJ wrote a law denying the right to own a gun to anyone who had previously had a gun siezed or voluntarily relinquished a gun.

The immediate crisis is sort of an ex post facto: a man was denied his rights for an action he committed before the law depriving of his rights was written. Hence, the tiny scope: The NJ law isn't necessarily unconstitutional, since NJ may have a valid reason for its deprivation of rights. But what is huge is the courts recogniztion that the NJ deprives people of an actual right: to bear arms.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The courts are where the real power lies in determining the direction of the country.

Whether a particular Republican President is as pristinely conservative as would be desired is not nearly as important as who they get confirmed to the USSC.

The fact that the USSC is decidedly more conservative than when Dubya entered office sends a message to lower courts, and we are seeing their response to that message in these recent decisions.

Dubya has disappointed me in many ways, but Presidents are in power for eight years at most.

Judges are in power for life.

[tcostell]

UN-F'ING BELIEVABLE!!!!! In NJ of all places!!!!

Suddenly I feel faint.

[Blue Collar Republican]

ping

[paulcissa]

Mr. Nappen is a treasure for us NJ residents. If not for his hard work and dilligence, we'd be disarmed state-wide by now. Given the current state of our elected officials, it's amazing this ruling has been rendered. Thank you Evan!

[TomGuy]

First, Washington DC and now New Jersy.


[Has a massive dose of sanity been released on our courts????]


Libs will go into meltdown.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Didn't a Federal court already make in similar ruling within the past few weeks?

If so, wouldn't this ruling merely be symbolic?

[beltfed308]

WOW! Another individual right ruling along with striking down expo facto enforcement. Lovely.

[cowboyway]

Hillary's reaction........

[Calpernia]

This is NJ, right?

[Billthedrill]

A good-news BTT. I am currently involved in a vigorous discussion over the 2nd Amendment with a fellow whose considered opinion is that the Constitution says whatever the courts say it says. "Living document" garbage. We'll see if that tune changes any...

[rellimpank]

-b-

[wastedyears]

Moonbats everywhere crying in corners.

[4yearlurker]

Well slap me silly and call me Willy! This happened in the People's Republic of Joisey?!!