Posted on 05/10/2005 10:20:58 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
That site (Self Defense is a Basic Human Right) is where I always send folks new to guns, who are contemplating a first purchase. It's a treasure.
I'm not sure I wouls trust the SCOTUS to make the right decision (for individual rights) at this juncture, given their recent looney decisions.
What is to be done about this?
A bolt action is useless for CQB and much slower than a semi-auto for precision follow-up shots.
BTTT!!!!!!!
BTTT
The "congress shall make no law" does not appear in this Amendment....therefore I must (gladly) conclude that it's power is absolute and that of the individual....not the "State".
...and the beat goes on....the fight of the individual to retain arms is eternal.
The first amendment says "Congress shall make no law..."
The 2nd says "...shall not be infringed..." without saying by whom it shall not be infringed, stating starkly that it Shall Not Be Infringed. So nobody may infringe that right, not even the states or a semiliterate judge.
A Right is something you don't have to ask anyone elses permission to do. I'm tired of being told otherwise.
>>Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV "cannot preclude New York's residency requirement in light of the State's substantial interest in monitoring handgun licenses."<<
OK, so the appeals court says that constitutional rights are subordinate to the states...
Then why can a state cannot discriminate against black people or forbid free speech? Because in every other case, the courts rule the other way. This ruling is inconsistent.
Now we need to show them the error of their ways. Impeach them. Dig out the tar and feathers if needed.
>>Of course it is inconsistant. That isn't their agenda. The agenda is to restrict a Rights. Period.
Now we need to show them the error of their ways. Impeach them. Dig out the tar and feathers if needed.<<
It seems like an easier course would be to appeal to the supreme court - there is all kinds of precedent for the supremacy of Federal law.. That's why Justice Moore got impeached in Alabama...
The supreme court has ruled repeatedly that the interstate commerce clause gives the federal government the right to impose non-discrimination laws over state's objections. The principal should be applied consistantly and that includes the right to keep and bear arms.
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