...meaning that no state law can place restrictions on the rights specified in the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution without demonstrating a compelling interest in doing so.
Thanks to Heller, the 2nd Amendment can now be treated like the 1st is as a matter of course.
“”Yes, it does. The McDonald decision vs. Chicago fully incorporated the 2nd Amendment as pertaining to state laws.”
...meaning that no state law can place restrictions on the rights specified in the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution without demonstrating a compelling interest in doing so.
Thanks to Heller, the 2nd Amendment can now be treated like the 1st is as a matter of course.”
If we were to accept the legitimacy of Heller and the idea that Washington can tell people what powers they can cede to their own government in their own Constitution.
Then all you have here is a uniform set of holes in the right to bear arms that can be just as abuse-able by Washington to usurp our rights as anywhere and everywhere else.
Like it or not Heller is a usurpation of our right to self government just like every other edict deriving from the lawless incorporation doctrine. People who support it might as well support Roe V. Wade, the persecution of the church and our religious expression in our own states.
The so called Federal “bill of rights” Were never intended to apply to the states. You would that that would be rather clear given how they are written. Congress IS NOT your state legislation. The Federal Constitution is NOT your State constitution.
Just because you don’t give a power to Washington Does not mean you can’t give that same power to your State or local government their respective Constitutions.
In supporting this edict you walk an indefensible line thus putting many of our other remaining right rights in perpetual jeperty. Incorporation is wrong from every