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The Second Amendment states somewhat ambiguously: "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."
The first part of the Amendment supports proponents of gun control by seeming to make the possession of firearms contingent upon being a member of a state-regulated militia. The next part is cited by opponents of gun control as a guarantee of the individual's right to possess such weapons, since he can always be called to militia service.
The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that there is no individual right to own a firearm. The Second Amendment was designed to allow states to defend themselves against a possible tyrannical national government.
Now that the federal government has stealth bombers and nuclear weapons, it is hard to imagine what people would need to keep in the garage to serve that purpose.
-- footnote Slouching Towards Gomorrah
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Robert Bork is truly among the greatest conservative legal scholars this country has ever known. It is a travesty of justice that he is not currently sitting on the Supreme Court. Imagine all of the decisions that would’ve been different with Robert Bork on the Court instead of Anthony Kennedy.
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The constitutional drifter, Anthony Kennedy rather than Bork, sits on Scotus. Had Bork been aboard, there is little chance that Roe v. Wade would have been reaffirmed, homosexual sodomy declared a “right,” habeas corpus for terrorists, or that there is a right to not feel uncomfortable when a student expresses belief in God.
Biden and the Pig Kennedy saw the threat that Bork represented to the Left and went to the mattresses to slime a good judge.
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