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To: publiusF27; Mojave
"Robert Paulsen made the claim that concealed carry may not be protected under the 2A in his post 1111. Is he a Sarah Brady fan as well?"

Oops. I think some clarification is in order.

I gave an example where the State of Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that "to bear arms" in the Tennessee State Constitution did not protect concealed carry (or even open carry) of weapons not suitable for a militia. You couldn't conceive of how such a ruling could be made -- I gave you one

My point is that some future "Sarah Brady" U.S. Supreme Court may look at this state ruling regarding a state law under a state constitution and get ideas at the federal level.

This case had nothing to do with the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I told you before that looking to the second amendment for protection from some state gun law was fruitless.

1,135 posted on 11/18/2007 6:20:30 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
My point is that some future "Sarah Brady" U.S. Supreme Court may look at this state ruling regarding a state law under a state constitution and get ideas at the federal level.

Exactly so. And we would be subject to their nationalized 2nd Amendment precedents long after the "dead corpse" of each of those justices had returned to the soil.

1,139 posted on 11/18/2007 7:38:29 AM PST by Mojave
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