Filing Supports Second Amendment Rights

Governor of the State of Alaska ^ | February 8, 2008, | NA

[neverdem]

No: 08-018 State Of Alaska Joins Texas Amicus Brief

February 8, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin announced the State of Alaska will join the multi-state amicus brief authored by the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment right of individual Americans to bear arms.

On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg notified Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott that Alaska would sign on to the brief. The Texas amicus brief in the case Washington, D.C. v. Heller will be filed by February 11, 2008.

Governor Palin, a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, has long been a champion of the constitutional right to bear arms, as well as a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska’s youth.

“I am proud to join the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment,” Governor Palin said. “We need to send a strong message that law-abiding citizens have a right to own firearms, for personal protection, for hunting and for any other lawful purpose.”

[Bear_Slayer]

Its a bone.

Something for conservatives to celebrate.

It is otherwise meaningless

At the most it allows us to settle the individual right issue, but I doubt we will ever reverse the many gun laws that have been written.

[Bear_Slayer]

They are walking on eg-shells. They have to maintain the status quo.

Worded wrong in either direction will have consequences.

A slingshot snap back to the right or a slow continuous drawing to the left, which will eventually result in a snap-back to the right.

[robertpaulsen]

"Something for conservatives to celebrate. It is otherwise meaningless."

I agree.

A meaningless decision, and we risk the very real possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule an individual right, protected only for those individuals in a well regulated Militia.

[Dead Corpse]

Why aren’t we voting for her for President?

[Dead Corpse]

Only if they are as twisted in their reasoning as you are.

[RightWhale]

Gov Palin is still very much in the middle of the Natural Gas Pipeline negotiations and would be unavailable. Maybe next time.

[Repeal 16-17]

The SC will rule that the 2A is indeed an individual right, BUT government has the power to reasonably restrict access/use.

Such a decision would result in a backlash, because the individual RKBA would be mostly a nullity. The SCOTUS has to make a real decision. Any half-hearted garbage would be seen as illegitimate and would further degrade the respect the People hold for the Court. I'm not saying they won't do that; just that it would be a big mistake.

[Gondring]

Why aren’t we voting for her for President?

She's in favor of individual rights.

[Bear_Slayer]

The 2A by tradition and by practice is an individual right. They likely won't rule any other way.

Similarly

Government has long usurped their role and has "reasonably" restricted access & use. The SC will carefully word it so that government will still have the power to "reasonably restrict"

People have lived with it under its present construct for so long there will be no backlash.

Nothing will change.

[SkyDancer]

But can an individual person be a militia??? What I was saying was if the SCOTUS says it’s the state milita that’s allowed to keep and bear arms, what happens to those states that says individuals can have their own guns .....

[Dead Corpse]

Huh... Isn't that against the GOP platform now? "Thou shalt not notice the Bigger Government Wizard behind the Curtain!"

Could swore I heard that in either Bush's SOTU or one of McCain's speeches...

[Repeal 16-17]

Even though Kelo v. City of New London didn't change the law, it did result in a major backlash. That's because the decision alerted the People to how screwed up the law was regarding eminent domain. A similarly bad ruling regarding the Second Amendment will awake the People again.

[Bear_Slayer]

it did result in a major backlash

So then, because of this backlash, what has changed?

[Repeal 16-17]

So then, because of this backlash, what has changed?

Do you know how many States have either passed new laws, or amended their State Constitutions, to limit the ability to invoke eminent domain. That was the result of the backlash against the Kelo decision.

[neverdem]

But can an individual person be a militia??? What I was saying was if the SCOTUS says it’s the state milita that’s allowed to keep and bear arms, what happens to those states that says individuals can have their own guns .....

The jurisprudence and laws in those states still stands, IMHO. If the gun grabbers want to push their luck, let them go for it. Recent history doesn't help them.

[SkyDancer]

It will be interesting to watch .....