[pnh102]

What foreign law was cited as a basis for this case?

[GeronL]

The latest ruling also may undercut a criticism leveled at Judge Sonia Sotomayor

undercut it? why? this should trumpet it.

[pabianice]

Heller be damned. The Libs will send cases like this up to SCOTUS every year until Heller is reversed. The Libs know how to fight. Too bad conservatives don’t.

[Americanexpat]

So if the states can ignore the second ammendment none of the others should be legal either huh?

[ConservaTexan]

...the 7th Circuit judges said they were bound by legal precedents that held the 2nd Amendment applies only to federal laws.

By extension shouldn't states be allowed to ignore any amendments they choose?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

In a way, I can understand what those federal appeals judges were saying. They were not saying that the 2nd amendment only applies to the federal government. They were saying that in fact it is not for them to decide what is and is not covered under the incorporation clause of the 14th amendment. It is for the Supreme Court to decide that. Sounds like non activists judges to me and I agree with that reasoning.

[JimRed]

I don’t recall “shall not be infringed” being followed by “except at the local level”.