Posted on 12/17/2012 8:24:22 AM PST by Perseverando
Cries for more “gun control” have flooded opinion and editorial pages in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut. The opinion that Americans do not have a right to own firearms, and the assertion that the Constitution does not protect the right of individuals to own firearms, is absolutely false — and also incorrect in the context of law.
In 2008, the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), held that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm for private use within the home in federal enclaves. In 2010, in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. __ (2010), the Supreme Court held that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states. That American citizens have a right to own firearms is conclusive and irrefutable.
People who have an emotional revulsion to firearms in general and who respond to shooting tragedies with well-intentioned proposals to prohibit or restrict law-abiding citizens from possessing firearms must remember that possessing a firearm is not like possessing a boat or a golf club. The possession of boats and golf clubs are not enshrined in our Constitution as fundamental liberties.
The right to own a firearm was considered by both the Framers of the Constitution in 1787 and by the current Supreme Court to be equal in importance to the right to speak freely, the right to peaceably assemble and the right to practice religion. These liberties are
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Any mag restrictions, banning of firearms, banning of private party purchases, etc will be ignored. We will not comply with any more infringements on 2nd Amendment; oh in addition, no fine will be paid or jail time done for Obambi-care illegal un Constitutional mandates requiring us to pay for others abortions. We will not comply.
Now what? Your move @sshats.
There has been severe restrictions on free speech for sometime. Hate crimes and such.
Same here TOL. Thank you for the open apology OISA. I may still be grieving and mourning a week from now and am in no mood at all for trying to come up with monikers.
Thanks to you for the reply TheOldLady. Merry Christmas to you and yours. I cannot begin to fanthom the heartbreaks taking place up there. Just DAMN!
That’s cute. You still think voting will change anything.....
I suppose nothing matters anymore.
There are things that matter alright. Honor, Duty, silly things like that. But voting? No, that obviously doesn’t any more.
This is the first time I’ve seen R.J.Rummel’s book mentioned on this site!!
Rummel’s book and articles are extremely valuable resources.
Here’s his website, Death by Government:
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM
Thank you, dear. I think that there are plenty of us who are quite raw over this horror, and we would be kind to go a little easy on each other for a while.
The loss of a child is a nearly unbearable pain. We should never have to bury our children. May God grant the parents His solace.
Merry Christmas to you and your family as well.
Well, it seems to be negotiable to that Gretchen on Fox and friends this morning.
That woman has something wrong with her. God, she is acting very odd.
FOX needs to put her on hiatus!
Thanks for that chart!!
Downloaded onto hard drive for future reference.
Might be a suspension only. Unique1 was a pinhead to me on the thread but I don’t know it warrants a zot. wtc911, now THAT troll serves NO purpose to the forum, and even admits on his home page that he’s only here for no good. I have no idea why the moderators allow that a-hole.
I’ll check in a week or so and see if unique1 is back.
I agree with you about wtc911, Laz. I cannot fathom how he has managed to remain viable here. He’s a prickly one, nasty as can be, but he must be toeing the line just right to keep from getting banned.
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