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To: BellStar

Dont fall for the BS of the gun rights groups. I thought Gura did a lousy job arguing for the pro gun side. He said at one point that handguns weren’t arms, that he had no problem with govt licencing, trigger locks and other storage requirements, and that “shall not be infringed” could mean “reasonable infringment”. To top it off he was of the opinion that it was ok for govts to regulate arms based on public safety arguments. Other than opposing an outright ban, Sarah Brady would be comfortable with his position. Listen for yourself and decide.


16 posted on 03/19/2008 4:43:02 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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To: Hacklehead
In my opinion what's going on is this. If the court rules a collective right (that it protects only individuals who are part of a Militia), gun owners are going to go crazy. There may even be talk of judicial impeachment.

If the court rules an individual right that cannot be infringed, that opens the machine gun/asault weapon argument and the gun controllers will go absolutely ape$hit. There may even be talk of judicial impeachment.

So, with a wink and nudge, the fix is in. It will be declared an individual right that may be reasonably regulated or, as Justice Stevens opined, "It shall not be unreasonably infringed".

39 posted on 03/19/2008 7:25:03 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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He traded all of that away for an “individual right” interpretation by the court. Give me that, he was saying, and I’’ll give you anything you want.


42 posted on 03/19/2008 7:48:59 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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