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To: Carriage Hill
Last Thursday, Judge Carlton Reeves of the Southern District of Mississippi charted a different course: He proposed appointing a historian to help him “identify and sift through authoritative sources on founding-era firearms restrictions” to decide the constitutionality of a federal law barring felons from possessing firearms. His proposal is the first positive development in Second Amendment law since the Bruen revolution.

Dangerous letting some leftwing academic come in with fake stats (see this example) to overrule to constitution.

12 posted on 11/05/2022 9:09:25 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (This post is subject to removal pending review by government censorship officials)
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To: pepsi_junkie

“His proposal is the first positive development in Second Amendment law since the Bruen revolution.”


That’s funny, I thought the first positive development was when many states obeyed the decision and started issuing concealed-carry permits without requiring a justification to issue the permit.


16 posted on 11/05/2022 9:14:43 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: pepsi_junkie

You cite the exact instance I was going to post. We followed here the lying disgrace of historian Michael A. Bellesiles as he put out “Arming America” which other leftist historians then awarded the Bancroft Prize for history.

It is in their DNA to take their political leanings and construct their historical studies and analysis out of lies and total fabrications.

Let’s not be mistaken. Every writer has opinions, allegiances, sensible prejudices, and the like that he carries into any project. Most of us can accept those biases as long as the author is transparent and doesn’t outright lie and fabricate we can read past such limitations and human frailties and find some value.

What is not acceptable is the number of leftists in journalism, history and much of academia that believe their leftist opinion is so honored that they are required to use full falsehood and propaganda to make their case trying to build a leftist wall of opinion that cannot be surmounted.

Academics cannot be trusted. Leftists cannot be trusted — even under oath.


20 posted on 11/05/2022 9:19:19 AM PDT by KC Burke
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To: pepsi_junkie

On April 28, 2010, Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Judge William H. Barbour Jr. Reeves was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2010 by voice vote.


29 posted on 11/05/2022 9:29:54 AM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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