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To: All; kevkrom
"where well-trained police forces provide personal security,"
 
Whoa - that bit of quote flies in the face of a much prior and dated SCOTUS ruling in that police had no responsibility in PERSONAL security of individuals and their property, but were officers of the court responsible for investigation and apprehension of criminals for the sake of public order - I had that citation and whole opinion at one time but misplaced it somewhere.
 

855 posted on 06/26/2008 11:06:02 AM PDT by LastDayz (Born and Raised Texan)
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To: LastDayz
Whoa - that bit of quote flies in the face of a much prior and dated SCOTUS ruling in that police had no responsibility in PERSONAL security of individuals and their property, but were officers of the court responsible for investigation and apprehension of criminals for the sake of public order - I had that citation and whole opinion at one time but misplaced it somewhere.

Re-read the context. Scalia is dismissing those arguments as irrelevant in the face of the 2nd Amendment.

872 posted on 06/26/2008 11:32:25 AM PDT by kevkrom (2-D fantasy artists wanted: http://faxcelestis.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=213)
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