[neverdem]

The lawyers just love incorporation. The Slaughterhouse decision undermining the Fouteenth Amendment has been the full employment for lawyers decision.

[sanchmo]

First amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Second: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Sounds like the protection of gun rights are just as absolute as those of free speech and religion.

[john in springfield]

In a brief to the Supreme Judicial Court filed this month, prosecutors in the Middlesex district attorney’s office argue that the Second Amendment applies only to Congress and the federal government.

Just like with the First Amendment, the right to privacy, etc.

No inconsistencies here.

[docbnj]

My pistol instructor tells me that some trigger locks can make the gun go off if accidentally dropped.

[taxtruth]

The US Constitution supersedes all state constitutions.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The Lowell case began when police accused Runyan’s 18-year-old son, Alexander, who has Down syndrome, of firing eight shots from a BB gun at their neighbor’s kitchen window, while the neighbor was washing dishes. Asked why he fired at the neighbor, Runyan allegedly told officers, “I hate him.’’

The issue here should be failure to keep a mentally incompetent dependent supervised and secure. If the young man's intellect and impulse control are this deficient, his legal guardians shouldn't be letting him run around unsupervised. He could set fires, push a toddler into a swimming pool, or run in front of a truck. In all likelihood, there had been previous incidents in which people saw this young man unsupervised and doing something potentially unsafe for himself or others. THAT is when police should have been called, and legal taken, and appropriate intervention made, and then the shooting incident most likely would never have happened.

[bustinchops]

So, they’re saying that states can restrict speech and expression of religion, the right to assemble, the right to privacy in the papers and belongings, etc., and protection against unreasonable search and seizure, negate the right to a speedy trial and due process and to not give statements or other evidence against their own interests, and so on?

Or would the 2A be the ONLY amendment defining a right that can be curtailed by a state? If so, what is the language in the constitution or the Bill of Rights that specifies that the 2A is the ONLY amendment that can be abridged by states?

[neverdem]

North Korea's ignoble blast - Key gas signature of nuclear testing has not materialized.

'The Fear Is Gone' - Voices from Iran.

After Obama Fails

Divided We Stand (What would California look like broken in three? Or a Republic of New England?)

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[bamahead]

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[elkfersupper]

What good is a locked weapon?

Might as well be a rock or a hammer.

Rock locks has a nice ring to it, though.