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To: Vendome
DC v. Heller

Individual right.

58 posted on 01/19/2013 3:44:48 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Yes. Well posted.


61 posted on 01/19/2013 4:07:46 AM PST by golux (man)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Exactly, Why is anyone even having a debate. Even Wikipedia knows the answer as per this exerpt:

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court of the United States first ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess and carry firearms.[1]

In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions officially establishing this interpretation. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia[1][2] and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home within many longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession listed by the Court as being consistent with the Second Amendment.[3] In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.[4]


62 posted on 01/19/2013 4:10:13 AM PST by csmusaret (I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Yep but, it should never have come to that. However, it is once again affirmed.


74 posted on 01/19/2013 11:38:16 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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