[fwdude]

This just demonstrates a further polarization of this country. While these states were furthering 2nd Amendment rights, others were severely restricting them.

[neverdem]

While these states were furthering 2nd Amendment rights, others were severely restricting them.

I'm waiting to see what happens in Colorado next Election Day and in the Supreme Court after their Heller and McDonald decisions.

[frog in a pot]

Thank you for this story and the ping, neverdem.

While these states were furthering 2nd Amendment rights, others were severely restricting them.

Our freedom and rights today may well be hanging by a thread, fwdude.

You were no doubt thinking of various state legislature re the 2nd A. But can you imagine what would have happened if one had opened their front door for the Boston storm troopers with a handgun tucked in their belt?

What if the troopers had barged into a residence and confronted an occupant who had been stirred out of a deep sleep and reached for his handgun?

Does the "public safety" excuse now justify any breach of the 2nd or the 4th?

It is my understanding the FBI had assumed jurisdiction. This was not a "hot pursuit" event, it was a dragnet based on flimsy evidence at best. Will there be a federal congressional hearing on this brazen display of governmental arrogance, with any meaningful corrective action?

One wonders.