Posted on 05/17/2009 6:53:04 AM PDT by marktwain
“What she really wants is to ban everyone who flies in an airplane from owning a gun.”
It is worse than that.
One’s name is placed on the no-fly list on the basis of activities unrelated to flying.
That is to say, the no-fly list is not limited to those who fly, it can include all of us!
The liberals can be expected to stuff the list with names of people who may never go near an airport simply to curtail 2d A rights.
Exactly. If this monstrosity gets passed and signed, I hope the USSC would knock it down for that reason.
I had similar thoughts about CFR a few years ago. Sheesh.
Are you referring to Hades?
FYI: The 2nd Amendment is SELF-incorporated to all government entities at every level. It is MORE ABSOLUTE than the 1st Amendment, or any of the others, because the wording forbids not only CONGRESS, but ANYONE from infringing on it. The 1st says “Congress shall make no law...”. The 2nd say “shall NOT be infringed!” Period! End of debate!
Thing is, it will be YEARS before USSC would have the opportunity to knock it down. As the no-fly list is secret, nobody can object until they’re denied a purchase by NICS, followed by a quagmire of legally identifying exactly why the denial happened, arranging a defense that does not presume likely guilt (i.e.: go ahead, PROVE you’re not a terrorist-in-waiting), appealling thru a chain of courts inclined to uphold that law instead of rights (which, BTW, _Heller_ does not come close to applying in this case), and actually convincing SCOTUS to take the case (if it ever gets that far), all of which will likely be derailed by a technicality or red herring. And, following DC’s lead, if it is overturned it will instantly be replaced by something even more bizzarely inexplicable.
That it might be overturned eventually won’t stop them from impelementing it now.
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