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DC v. Heller - Montana prepares to secede
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Posted on 02/19/2008 7:35:11 PM PST by djf
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To: RobinOfKingston
More like a Catch .223.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:50:34 AM PST
by
wku man
(BLOAT while you can...)
To: grey_whiskers
Yep. If North Dakota would pull with Montana, together we’d be the world’s third largest nuclear power.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:51:19 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: djf
I would think that people all over might get a little disturbed if they were watching CNN and saw the federal government launching RPGs at the Montana State capitol.They would, but CNN would never show it. They'd be off about what Lindsey Lohan, or Brittany, or one of those were up to. Important stuff, ya know...
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:10:55 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: djf
If this happened, it would be an effortless Free State Project.
124
posted on
02/20/2008 6:14:02 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(I wish my old tagline could have defeated even more RINOs than it did.)
To: Travis McGee
I think your contingency of pushing off shore is as good as anyone’s. However, my point in pinging you was to alert you that the ante was being raised in this case.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:15:41 AM PST
by
coloradan
(The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: djf
Movin' to Montana soon,........
Frank Zappa was clearly ahead of his time on that one.
126
posted on
02/20/2008 6:17:52 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Tamar1973
I’ve got 20 acres near Bozeman, gotta go there
127
posted on
02/20/2008 6:19:09 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: djf
The Heller case hinges on whether a state or D.C. can prohibit firearm ownership. In short, regulate it. If a state can prohibit ownership, then it can also protect ownership. So instead of seceding, why not just pass laws protecting handgun ownership or amend your state constitution to protect it? Duh!
128
posted on
02/20/2008 6:19:35 AM PST
by
Non-Sequitur
(Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
To: DBrow
But is it big enough? In 1860, James Petigru said that South Carolina was too small to be a country, and too large to be an insane asylum. The same can probably be said of Montana.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:20:46 AM PST
by
Non-Sequitur
(Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
To: BlueDragon
You crack me up. What the hell was that song really about anyway? Or was that old hippy Frank Zappa just hopped up on something? Weird guy to say the least
To: Republicanus_Tyrannus
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:32:56 AM PST
by
Enterprise
((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
To: RTO
Its no different than anywhere else. Unless you want to live in one of the resort areas. No Sales Tax. A Little higher Prop Taxes and very punitive small business taxes.
To: djf
The Supreme Court is notoriously wishy-washy on important issues.
I am certain that the deliberation that takes place on this case will not center around whether or not the DC ban is Constitutional, but how they can make a decision that is as confined as possible, and maintains the status-quo.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:35:33 AM PST
by
Washi
(Support the country you live in, or go live in the country you support.)
To: Alter Kaker
Just keep thinking that and just stay at home.
To: Non-Sequitur
The natural order of government is to prohibit tools of freedom. Leaving the issue of prohibition/protection up to the legislature is to subject a natural right to the whims of those who would rather you not have it. The whole point of a “bill of rights” is to pointedly tell the government “hands off - it’s not yours to control in either direction”.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:38:00 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
To: ctdonath2
The natural order of government is to prohibit tools of freedom. Leaving the issue of prohibition/protection up to the legislature is to subject a natural right to the whims of those who would rather you not have it. The whole point of a bill of rights is to pointedly tell the government hands off - its not yours to control in either direction. And seceding would solve this how?
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:39:42 AM PST
by
Non-Sequitur
(Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
To: Smokin' Joe
Is the population of Montana large enough, to qualify as a state?
137
posted on
02/20/2008 6:39:46 AM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: FR Class of 1998
When Montana and the United States entered into this bilateral contract in 1889, the U.S. approved the right to bear arms in the Montana Constitution, guaranteeing the right of "any person" to bear arms, clearly an individual right. Guessing you don't read so good.
L
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:40:40 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
To: Lurker
Guessing you read no farther in the thread before that response.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:42:10 AM PST
by
FR Class of 1998
(the long term solution to corruption is to starve the government of money)
To: Slip18
I’ve lived in Montana for 8 years now, and though I love the beauty of the place, there are things I miss about the desert of So Cal — except for the illeals and the liberals.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:52:47 AM PST
by
Bear_Slayer
(When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
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