To: Yo-Yo
"Keep in mind that even if the SCOTUS finds that the 2nd amendment is an individual right, that will not automatically nullify all gun control laws."Good news and bad news. The good news: Some future SCOTUS finds that the 2nd amendment is an individual right, and that the 2nd amendment applies to the states.
The bad news: "Arms" in the second amendment is defined by SCOTUS as single-shot, muzzle-loaded rifles ... only.
To: robertpaulsen
The verbiage of the verdict makes it clear such unwarranted limitations are not acceptable, as similar arbitrary limitations were tossed for lack of any (and I mean any) originalist justification for such limitations. To the contrary, they cite such things as telephones getting 4th Amendment protections - despite not existing in the 1700s.
493 posted on
03/09/2007 1:47:54 PM PST by
ctdonath2
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