Blagojevich, Daley push gun ban

The Chicago Tribune ^ | January 18, 2006 | Courtney Flynn and Christi Parsons

[gatex]

"....U.S. vs. Miller, which relied on Presser as precedent. .... "

For those not familiar with these cases ---

Link to -- Presser v. Illinois

Link to --- U.S. v. Miller, et al

Link to ---descriptions of Supreme Court gun cases

[lentulusgracchus]

Thanks for the links.

The description of Presser doesn't capture the effort by the State of Illinois strategically to restrict RKBA by statute.

The Court's opinion in Cruikshank is a cloud of squid ink, deliberately obscurantist IMHO, but I took the salient points from it that, notwithstanding the enforcement clause of the 14th Amendment, the Court chose to uphold neither the Civil Rights Act of 1866 nor the Enforcement Acts of 1870 (there were two of the latter, the later a refinement of the first), and indeed abrogated any federal role in the incorporation of the "privileges and immunities" clause and the Bill of Rights generally to the States.

They threw the black complainants in the original federal case on the mercy of the white-supremacist government of Louisiana. To the wolves, in other words.

Cruikshank wouldn't withstand inspection for more than about 15 minutes today, again IMHO.

[HogFixer]

I would be interested in finding where these SVT's would be available at that price.


Thanks
Joe

[Thunder90]

How about giving Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison their own state to rule over? It would work out alot better.

[Thunder90]

Remember... in NY, most Republicans are Democrats, and most Democrats are Greens.

[Thunder90]

And then the Democrats will spy on those suspected of having guns with out warrants.

[lentulusgracchus]

There was an FFL in the Houston area offering them a few years ago -- I don't know where they got them, or whether similar rifles are still available. There were quite a few around then, more than one FFL had tapped the supply.

You might check through that channel, to FFL's specializing in Russian weapons and accessories. I passed on the SVT bayonet, which was going for approximately the same price as the gun itself (!), and settled for an aftermarket sight mount, the original "clawfoot" issue mounts having been bid up to a ridiculous level like the bayonets.

[2harddrive]

Blagojevick, you Son of a B.... !!!