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Public 'threatened' by private-firearms ownership
Los Angeles Times. ^ | January 14, 2008 | WND

Posted on 01/14/2008 5:41:31 AM PST by servantboy777

Since "unrestricted' private ownership of guns clearly threatens the public safety, the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to allow a variety of gun restrictions, according to the Bush administration.

The argument was delivered by U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the ongoing arguments over the legality of a District of Columbia ban on handguns in homes, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.

Clement suggested that gun rights are limited and subject to "reasonable regulation" and said all federal limits on guns should be upheld.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: 2takeawayyourrights; 4thecommongood; armedcitizen; banglist; ccw; dc; doj; parker; phaedra; rkba; scotus
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To: servantboy777

How about reading the freakin’ brief yourself? Like good liberals, FReepers will swallow anything the LAT, NYT, AJC or any other liberal rag says if it fits their established prejudices and irrational fears.


41 posted on 01/14/2008 6:26:02 AM PST by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: P8riot

now by storage unit, i’m not talking about a 10-12 gun safe, i’m talking about one of those uhaul type mini storage units that’s about the size of a 2-car garage.

and if you 2 of those full.. you’re only in trouble for neglect. i mean really, how do you get time to show them all the proper shooting love they deserve? :)


42 posted on 01/14/2008 6:26:29 AM PST by absolootezer0 (white male christian hetero married gun toting SUV driving motorcycle riding conservative smoker)
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To: Dead Corpse
I just wish the morons who refused to listen to us about Bush would now listen to us about Rudy McRomney.

You forgot a syllable... it's Rudy McRomnabee.

43 posted on 01/14/2008 6:26:32 AM PST by pgyanke (Duncan Hunter 08--You want to elect a conservative? Then support a conservative!)
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To: truemiester
If its too big to haul behind you F350 duallie...You love artillary, nothing wrong there

Just what's needed for some good, clean, family fun!

(I think I've finally gotten my brother interested in shooting. I'm stoked.)

44 posted on 01/14/2008 6:27:45 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: absolootezer0

I think we’re on the same page.


45 posted on 01/14/2008 6:28:42 AM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Drew68

If this is how Bush truly feels about the 2nd amendment then my level of respect for him has sunk to below that of Jimmy Carter.


46 posted on 01/14/2008 6:28:56 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: servantboy777

47 posted on 01/14/2008 6:32:20 AM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ...
"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." -- Bertrand de Jouvenel

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

48 posted on 01/14/2008 6:34:31 AM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: servantboy777

Bush: handing over Israel to Al Queda, and handing over America to Socialists.


49 posted on 01/14/2008 6:34:52 AM PST by montag813
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To: Hot Tabasco

And so we can easily transpose the case for the Amendment that isn’t there

abortion rights are limited and subject to “reasonable regulation”

And why does gun rights scare the public, or does it really scare the would be tyrants at the LA Times?


50 posted on 01/14/2008 6:35:43 AM PST by Tarpon (Ignorance, the most expensive commodity produced by mankind.)
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To: truemiester

hey, my limits come in the forms of: how you gonna shoot it?

if you have two storage units, how are you gonna show all your guns the proper shooting love that they deserve?

if its too big for an f350, how are you going to transport enough ammo to feed it? altho i guess this wouldn’t be too big of a deal if you owned your own transport buisness :)

if yer mag is so big that you need mechanical assistance to lift it.. imagine how long its gonna take you to reload that thing? you’re talking like a 500 round mag or more.

and like i said, not laws, just guidelines :)


51 posted on 01/14/2008 6:37:32 AM PST by absolootezer0 (white male christian hetero married gun toting SUV driving motorcycle riding conservative smoker)
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To: A Strict Constructionist

“When you need to hide your face to enforce a law in this country, the law must be wrong.”

Yea, good point! Why do they need to hide their face? And it’s not like their undercover.


52 posted on 01/14/2008 6:40:51 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: pgyanke

Actually, from looking at Huck’s record, he’s done a fairly good job re: RKBA. He’s just a flaming liberal in a whole host of other areas.


53 posted on 01/14/2008 6:41:06 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: tacticalogic

...which is precisely the reason for the Second Amendment - so if everything goes to hell, the private citizen can protect him/herself and family from a government amok.

Colonel, USAFR


54 posted on 01/14/2008 6:42:30 AM PST by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: servantboy777

To paraphrase the DOJ’s brief:
“Dear Supreme Court: On behalf of DC we’d like to say that DC’s argument is absurd and easily refuted for these reasons, but if you agree with us then you’ll also toss another ban we really like but can’t justify, so please just bury the case. Thank you.”


55 posted on 01/14/2008 6:45:43 AM PST by ctdonath2
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To: Travis McGee

Damn an Doom on Bush and his administration ....when they say such they reveal themselves to be no better than the seditious socialist trash democrat gun grabbers......

This cow crap brief is code to the USSC to uphold the DC ban and open the door for more BS chickensh*t laws that DO NOTHING TO STOP CRIME !

Armed CITIZENS just as armed police STOP crime !

Grrrrr......


56 posted on 01/14/2008 6:46:19 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Joe Brower

Per Lt Col Dave Grossman, “just call me a sheepdog.”

Colonel, USAFR


57 posted on 01/14/2008 6:46:21 AM PST by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: Tarpon
And why does gun rights scare the public,

I think its just people who are scared to death of guns and don't have the honesty to publicly admit that fear. So instead, they use the age old excuse "guns kill people".

My whole family is conservative, all my friends are conservative and nobody except my sister are concerned about guns. My sister believes that if guns are banned then murders will drop....you know the story. What my sister will not admit is the fact she is scared to death of guns. When I showed my family my new KAHR MK9 after I purchased it, she would not even touch it..........

Its the fear factor.

58 posted on 01/14/2008 6:51:53 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: absolootezer0

Check my tagline.....


59 posted on 01/14/2008 6:51:55 AM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: TigersEye

grrrr & ping


60 posted on 01/14/2008 6:54:49 AM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't taunt the animal's at the zoo or they may bite YOU!)
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