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The right to arm
The Washington Times ^ | June 16, 2008 | Staff editorial

Posted on 06/16/2008 10:13:58 AM PDT by neverdem

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To: RC2

“...why not re-write it and spell it out...?

Spell out what, exactly? Everybody seems to want it to be clear and simple, but it’s not.


21 posted on 06/16/2008 11:00:39 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: SECURE AMERICA

“WHY DOES IT MATTER WHAT A POLL SAYS.”

Because people think some things need to be popular or supported by a majority in order to be legal (Too bad the same idea isn’t applied to homosexual marriage), which is true in some cases...however, Constitutional freedoms are not one of those cases.

And polls matter to anti-gun fascists only because it helps them decide how to whine about them. If a majority of people support firearm ownership, they can push the “We must protect the rights of the minority” whine; if a minority support firearm ownership, they can push the “The majority have spoken and we must obey” crap.


22 posted on 06/16/2008 11:01:11 AM PDT by RWB Patriot
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To: neverdem

***2) is protected by the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms (handguns) and***

That would be a TOW missile launcher mounted on the bed of somebody’s pickup.


23 posted on 06/16/2008 11:01:11 AM PDT by wastedyears (Like a bat outta Hell.)
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To: RC2

I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t trust our current government in a Constitutional Convention.


24 posted on 06/16/2008 11:02:37 AM PDT by wastedyears (Like a bat outta Hell.)
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To: neverdem
"90 million American gun owners."????

More like 190 million gun owners.
25 posted on 06/16/2008 11:02:51 AM PDT by conservativeharleyguy (Democrats: Over 60 million fooled daily!!!)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

“The Gallup poll cited also found that the majority of Americans don’t actually own a firearm (only 35 percent say they do)”

And nearly 25% of the population is under age 15. That means that 46% of the population over age 15 own a firearm.


26 posted on 06/16/2008 11:08:34 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Don’t know about you, but if some stranger asked me if I owned a gun, I would deny it. None of their business.


27 posted on 06/16/2008 11:13:13 AM PDT by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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To: Puppage
Let's see now. . .

Maybe they crosslink the Drivers License, Vehicle Registration and CCW Permit Application data bases. Na, they woulden't do that. Would they?

In addition to where you last used your credit card, they can also tell you what your mothers maiden name is and when your dog was born.

28 posted on 06/16/2008 11:19:37 AM PDT by An Old Man ("The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress." Douglas)
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To: Cobra64

A friend of the family who was a police officer advised me to never register a firearm and to purchase privately.


29 posted on 06/16/2008 11:30:44 AM PDT by neefer (Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run.)
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To: neefer

Most of mine are registered but being that “they are on my boat, they get lost overboard.”


30 posted on 06/16/2008 11:37:58 AM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: wastedyears

The second amendment was written so as to allow the people the means to overthrow a rogue or runaway government. Therefore, it is not only our right, but our duty to possess whatever weapons the military possesses. This includes machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, tanks ( if you can afford them ) and so on. See tagline


31 posted on 06/16/2008 11:38:34 AM PDT by joe fonebone (The Second Amendment is the Constitutions reset button)
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To: neverdem

An interesting paradox, I think, is that many of the same people who deride the possibility of enforcing USC Title 8—”We can’t deport 20 million people!!”—simultaneously propose stripping 4-5 times as many (Americans) of legally purchased firearms: “assault weapons!”

For them I have 4 words: Don’t tread on me.


32 posted on 06/16/2008 11:40:19 AM PDT by tumblindice (Another paradox--I lock up my guns but display my books.)
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To: tumblindice; Joe Brower

Spot on. Well said!


33 posted on 06/16/2008 11:44:48 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: joe fonebone

bump


34 posted on 06/16/2008 11:52:56 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Beware the fury of the man that cannot find hope or justice.)
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To: neverdem

I am not entirely optimistic about the coming 2AMD decision. We might have another Kennedy majority.At least three of those Justices would be happy to declare the 2AMD unconstitutional. There is even a sort of precedent for that at the state level- the Colorado Court a few years ago declared a properly accepted state constitution amendment unconstitutional and everybody just said Oh, what a shame!


35 posted on 06/16/2008 12:29:12 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The logistics is easier in convincing 5 Justices to effectively declare the 2AMD null and void than it is to get the 2AMD properly repealed.


36 posted on 06/16/2008 12:31:56 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: joe fonebone

I agree, the only limit to what a person can have should be if they can afford it or not.


37 posted on 06/16/2008 1:00:40 PM PDT by wastedyears (Like a bat outta Hell.)
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To: arthurus
I am not entirely optimistic about the coming 2AMD decision. We might have another Kennedy majority.

We'll see who eats crow within two weeks. I'm not worried about Kennedy if he's consistent with his questions and comments from the oral argument. We might have unexpected allies.

Parker v. Washington D.C. in HTML courtesy of zeugma.

We also note that at least three current members (and one former member) of the Supreme Court have read “bear Arms” in the Second Amendment to have meaning beyond mere soldiering: “Surely a most familiar meaning [of ‘carries a firearm’] is, as the Constitution’s Second Amendment (’keepand bear Arms’) and Black’s Law Dictionary . . . indicate: ‘wear, bear, or carry . . . upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose . . . of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in a case of conflict with another person.” Muscarello v. United States, 524 U.S. 125, 143 (1998) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting, joined by Rehnquist, C.J., Scalia, J.,and Souter, J.) (emphasis in original). Based on the foregoing, we think the operative clause includes a private meaning for”bear Arms.”

38 posted on 06/16/2008 1:03:28 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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To: Dead Corpse

(Han Solo) “I’ve got a bad feeling about this...” (/Han Solo)

Wait until the next administration puts its boots on and that when the depression will really set in deep.


39 posted on 06/16/2008 1:22:24 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.)
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To: neverdem

It is kind of a rule of thumb that you cannot predict a justice’s decision by his questions. Kennedy would also have a chance here to be the deciding factor in the most momentous decision of the Court since maybe the School prayer decision or even Marbury. Ruling for plain English would be a deal but not “transforming.” I am not predicting such an outcome but I am not at all comfortable right now. If it comes down against 2AMD I expect the prices of guns and ammo to go straight up as the shelves are cleared by buyers.


40 posted on 06/16/2008 1:26:11 PM PDT by arthurus
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