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Supreme Court meets to issue opinions, orders (Washington DC Gun Ban)
The Las Vegas Sun ^ | May 27, 2008 | AP

Posted on 05/27/2008 7:51:39 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi

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To: MileHi

Wow...you nailed him. :-)


201 posted on 05/28/2008 5:22:49 PM PDT by hiredhand
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To: ctdonath2
Rumor is the Solicitor General resigned because of what’s coming re: Heller.

Does that bode well or bode evil?

202 posted on 05/28/2008 5:38:44 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: hiredhand
A little sorry. I would like to razz him some when the SCOTUS refutes his argument next month
203 posted on 05/28/2008 6:00:44 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: Ancesthntr

it may be that the court will say that it is up to local governments to set their own restrictions, but the federal government is prohibited from doing so...

much like the eminent domain issue...

t


204 posted on 05/28/2008 6:50:52 PM PDT by teeman8r
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To: sam_paine

i always hated the shouting fire argument for the restrictions on the first...

if people do not take responsibility and realize they are not in imminent danger from smoke or heat... then why restrict it...

yes the shouter should be allowed... call him a liar and hold him responsible for damages, but calmer minds would prevail...

teeman


205 posted on 05/28/2008 6:54:11 PM PDT by teeman8r
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To: MileHi

Well....from what I’ve seen, he’ll be back....under a different name. So perhaps you’ll get your chance! :-)


206 posted on 05/28/2008 6:54:12 PM PDT by hiredhand
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To: kinsman redeemer
I remember being a pre-teen and getting into "wars" with BB guns JUST like that one! It was a wonder nobody ever lost an eye. Mom would wonder how we got the amazing welts, but we wouldn't say. :-)

...must be a "guy thing", because I can't recall hearing of any girls doing supremely stupid things like this. :-)

We've had a standing rule for 25 years now (as long as we've been married) that there will be NO BB guns in the house! The kids have about everything else, but no BB guns. :-)
207 posted on 05/28/2008 7:11:58 PM PDT by hiredhand
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To: hiredhand

Ever read “Sort of a Saga” by Bill Mauldin?


208 posted on 05/28/2008 7:58:35 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Never read it! Should I pick up a copy?


209 posted on 05/28/2008 8:05:45 PM PDT by hiredhand
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To: hiredhand

Excellent story.

Originally published in 1949, used paperback copies for roughly $5.00.

It’s the tale of Young Bill Mauldin and his brother growing up in the vicinity of Cloudcroft, NM in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

All sorts of stories of floods, axes, nicotine withdrawal, canine food poisoning, skunk musk and, of course all manner of nearly-unfortunate incidents with firearms.


210 posted on 05/28/2008 8:27:28 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

They’d better get the 2nd Amendment one right...


211 posted on 05/28/2008 9:17:02 PM PDT by Redbob (WWJBD - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: andyandval

I still enjoy the heck out of mine, and it still shoots as good as the day it came out the box.


212 posted on 05/28/2008 9:18:40 PM PDT by Atchafalaya
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To: Always Right

The Obamao is much smarter then that, he will say something about “I applaud the ruling..but different areas should have different laws” etc etc.


213 posted on 05/29/2008 3:49:11 AM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
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To: DuncanWaring

Well. His whole issue was little more than “don’t legalize machineguns”.

Please, oh please, eliminate 922(o)...


214 posted on 05/29/2008 5:59:16 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: ctdonath2
That's why it was common for towns to have a central armory: not so the gov't would control those arms, but so people would have a safe place to store dangerous stuff.

Exactly! I'm not concerned about Larry having the 4.2" mortar, unless he uses it to "prep" the area he's going to hunt deer in! Shredded venison? Anyway, I have many friends whose ClassIII items are tons o' fun. I know they're not up to something nefarious. Talking belt fed AND the occasional suppressor that goes on the target 22 for squirrels and such without disturbing the neighbors or, for that matter, the wife cooking dinner.

215 posted on 05/29/2008 6:06:40 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: ExSoldier
Shredded venison?

This will give you shredded venison!

216 posted on 05/29/2008 6:18:27 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: beltfed308

Didn’t work for him at all, did it?
Now that he is banned, I mean :)


217 posted on 05/29/2008 6:34:04 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: sam_paine
>Personal firearms -are- going to be useful for self-protection and order when a Sichuan style earthquake happens.

Personal firearms -are- going to be useful when, not if, the coming clash/insurrection with La Raza rolls over much of this country.
Then the unarmed are going to die.

218 posted on 05/29/2008 6:42:47 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: ExSoldier

Not quite right about Randy Weaver....

The feds approached Mr. Weaver and wanted him to infiltrate, and inform on, the Aryan Nations church in northern Idaho. Randy declined. Weaver was approached again at an Aryan Nations rally by an undercover ATF agent who expressed a desire to buy sawed off shotguns. Weaver sold the agent shotguns....full-length shotguns, according to Weaver....and he told the agent to shorten them himself. Another version of this story stated that Weaver shortened the shotguns himself, in front of the undercover ATF agent, to the length he requested, and the shotguns were only slightly shorter than legally permitted....I think it was a quarter of an inch.

ATF agents then approached Weaver again, accusing him of selling illegal weapons, and offered to drop all charges if he would spy on the Aryan Nations on behalf of the feds. Randy again refused.

Randy was arrested, and later served with court papers. He didn’t “ignore a federal court order to appear”......the court papers had the wrong date for his court appearance! When Randy didn’t appear, a bench warrant was issued, a marshal went to Randy’s property to serve it, and a series of events led to a bloody siege, including Randy’s wife being shot in the head while holding her baby.

Later, some of the ATF agents shouted the following comment at the body of Randy’s wife, Vicki: “We had pancakes for breakfast, Mrs. Weaver, what did you have?”


219 posted on 05/29/2008 8:20:26 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The road to victory in Iraq is through Iran.)
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To: ConservativeMind

There is no rehabilitation for these mutants. Off with their heads!!!!!!! If these head in the sands, liberal Judges think they are okay to let out on the streets, move them right next door to where these misguided idiots live./Just Asking - seoul62......


220 posted on 05/29/2008 8:25:00 AM PDT by seoul62 (T)
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