NRA Will Take Shays-Meehan Bill To Supreme Court If It Passes

CNSNews.com ^ | 2/13/02 | Jeff Johnson

[sasquatch]

Mr. Jesup,
You nailed it. The NRA has gone full tilt.
(see #37 above.) They've supported federal aquisition of private property.
Whores.

[NH Liberty]

"bump....and time to run a decent challenger against that dirtbag Shays!There has to be someone in Greenwich that take this jerk on!"

Wasn't Ann Coulter threatening to run at one time. Is she in Shays' district?

[habs4ever]

She talked about it in '99, but she lives in Washington.But...hell..so does he!! I'm afraid its RINO country, or they are all too indifferent to care.

[BOBWADE]

Does the fact that this legislation treats certain groups and individuals differently make it an equal protection issue? An individual can't run an ad to voice his political opiniion about a candidate but a news anchor or a union paid ad can spout off any rhetoric desired. I would think that this is also an equal protection issue as well as violation of the 1st. Any thoughts on this?

[William Tell]

sasquatch said [of the NRA]: "Be careful whom you align with."

When you have been a member for five years, I believe that you are entitled to vote for the directors who control the organization. I am looking forward to that time. Just as the red-zone will become more red with my arrival, the NRA will become more pro-Constitution when I have achieved voting status.

I don't believe that the economic troubles of K-Mart and Sara Lee, and the decline in the visibility of Rosie are just coincidence. I believe that the economic clout of gun-owners is an underestimated but very powerful tool for the preservation of our rights.

[harpseal]

Those things that bind us together as a republic are very fragile in some ways. Free spech and the right to change the political reality by means of freely electing people without fear of the state arresting supporters of a candidate or a position for reaching out to others is so essential that abrogation of that principle almost guarantees bloodshed. It removes the patina of legitamacy from governmental acts. Those who support this legislation are looking to turn the cities of this nation into Mogadishus or Beruits and thst is not something that should be anticipated.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Salvation]

I hope the Supreme Court takes it and the law is overturned as unConstitutional.

Ditto!

[Knight2Remember]

Not to reverse myself...

I think you just did.

If you still want to make a wager on Bush NOT vetoing, I'll take the bet. (That is, if it comes to his desk the way it is now, without the banning of soft money being effective for this election).

[stimulate]

It looks like Fleischer is giving a reason why the President is going to veto the Bill unless that provision about repayment of debts is eliminated. The Democrats have outsmarted themselves.

[pragmatic]

You appear to be correct...I searched the ACLU's website, and they appear to oppose it, as well as Planned Parenthood (!?). This appears to be a little old, but presumably accurate:

http://www.aclu.org/news/2001/n071201b.html

[RushLake]

NRA Life Member--locked and loaded. The checkbook is open. Time to ante up and kick in.

[TEXICAN II]

Will the NRA also prosecute itself, for the absurd support of the socialistic & authoritarian CARA? In future, which Constitutional provisions will they simply ignore, allowing the federal government to TAKE ALL of my PROPERTY, INCOME & FREEDOM? Looks like the highly political leaders of the NRA are suddenly concerned about their room to manuever & make deals. Too bad they are beyond the concerns of their lowly members & the property owners of this country.

[NH Liberty]

"I'm afraid its RINO country, or they are all too indifferent to care."

Maybe she could "play it down" during the election for the vast unwashed.

Wouldn't it be fabulous to have her replace Shays? She's a bulldog! (I mean that as a compliment, of course!)

[woofer]

I hope the Supreme Court takes it and the law is overturned as unConstitutional.

Oh, SCOTUS will get to it, after the appeals unless it somehow gets expedited to them. SCOTUS will overturn the bill.

The real hope of the supporters of the sham of a law only want to use it to get through this fall's election. And the NRA is their real target for silencing.

[Shooter 2.5]

The NRA only supported one provision out of ten. That is hardly supporting the bill. Get your facts straight.

A person can always find more excuses to do nothing than to do something.

[Shooter 2.5]

You had a chance to vote out the NRA board of directors in this April's election. Apparently you're choosing to sit on the sidelines and do nothing. The NRA was supporting only one provision out of ten in CARA. Get your facts straight.

A person can always find more excuses to do nothing than to do something.

[Lazamataz]

"This legislation tells democracy to shut up and sit down," said Hyde

That pretty much sums it up. Before my life is out, in 30 years or so, my typing this sentence will result in the Thought Police coming to cart me away for a long interrogation on my AntiState Thought Crimes.

[nicmarlo]

It looks like Fleischer is giving a reason why the President is going to veto the Bill unless that provision about repayment of debts is eliminated. The Democrats have outsmarted themselves.

One can only hope so......however, if those two White House sources are to be relied upon and believed, the President may not veto, he may let it go to Supreme Court for overturning.....one can only hope it will do so.

[nicmarlo]

There's got to be something wrong with it if they're not complaining

Yeah....where's the big mouth ACLU? They're always sticking their noses where it doesn't belong.....why don't they champion real civil rights transgressions?

[nicmarlo]

They supported the advertisement against Bush while he was running.....you know, the one of the black man being dragged by that truck with the chains.....wouldn't that be disallowed now? That'd be soft money, I think.