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To: rjsimmons
the Constitution and the subsequent Bill of Rights, does not GRANT rights, it prevents the Federal Government from infringing upon EXISTING rights.

I agree!

Taking it to the Supreme Court!
http://www.jerseygop.com/freeman_02.htm

In 2001, in the case of U.S. v. Emerson, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) ruled that firearms ownership is an individual right, subject to certain reasonable restrictions. This ruling was handed down a few months after Attorney General, John Ashcroft, issued a public statement announcing that the Second Amendment clearly protects the right of individual(s) to keep and bear arms. A writ of certiorari for a Supreme Court hearing was denied for this case.

In 2002, in the case of Silveira v. Lockyer, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii) rendered a ruling that the Second Amendment does NOT apply to individuals.

We now have a situation where the law of the land in the Fifth Circuit is diametrically opposed to the law in the Ninth Circuit. Considering that this is a federal Bill of Rights issue, it is in the best interest of our nation for the Supreme Court to render a final ruling that applies to all.

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12 posted on 07/16/2004 9:21:37 AM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: DumpsterDiver

Excellent snip. This shows some of the paradoxes that confront the SCOTUS on a near-daily basis. With the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals ignoring over 200 years of precedence, they once again show just how out of touch they can be.


24 posted on 07/16/2004 9:37:24 AM PDT by rjsimmons
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