Our Founder's Intent!
Our Founder's Intent!
It would be rather like saying “He filled and kicked the bucket” to mean “He filled the bucket and died.” Grotesque.
Here are some quotes from the case:
“We start therefore with a strong presumption that the
Second Amendment right is exercised individually and
belongs to all Americans.”
“Putting all of these textual elements together, we find that they guarantee
the individual right to possess and carry weapons in
case of confrontation.”
“The prohibition extends, moreover, to the home, where the
need for defense of self, family, and property is most acute.”
“It is enough to note, as we have observed, that the American
people have considered the handgun to be the quintessential
self-defense weapon.”
“ . . . it [a gun] can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the
police.”
“ . . . but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to
pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.”
Thank God.
This will stir up the liberals, big time.
well!
about time that SCOTUS got one right!
thanks to the idiot libs on the court, SCOTUS has
been on a BAD ROLL here lately.
Boy, this is really nice of these people, that all have tax paid armed protection, live in gated secured wealthy communities, to allow others to keep their guns for safety and protection.
Finally, some good news.
Now all we have to do is end the Jihad on drugs, the right of police to ignore the the 4th Amendment, and applying the 9th Amendment.
But a victory is nice.
Thank God we won today!!!
We have four out of control Supreme Court Justices who have no regard for the 2nd Amendment whatsoever - they are a national disgrace and should be removed from office.
Barak Hussein Obama is a lying blowhard to say he supports the decision today - he can run but he can’t hide from his baby-murdering, anti-gun, anti-military, gay marriage, tax & spend, pro-Islam, limp-wristed record. He is in the simplest terms a pawn of Satan, and needs to be recognized as such.
Today is yet another reason why as Conservatives, we have no other choice than to vote for McCain in November and pray he nominates more Supreme Court Justices in the mold of Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas - America desperately needs them.
Amen!
PRAISE THE LORD!
I’m really surprised Kennedy went with the majority. I’ll bet his newly discovered backbone hurts for a month.
I hope Keith Olbermann has a meltdown and wets his pants because of this decision.
Came in late because I was up too late last night. Before I read the decision and the thread 5-4 is kind of a letdown, but we’ll see what it looks like.
I forgot to mention.....
Hurray! We won!
DCvHeller is a HUGE win for freedom!
Every so-called Constitutional scholar who declared that the 2nd Amendment did not protect “individual rights” has been shown up as a misguided political hack.
This is a game-changing court-ruling in that an oft-repeated liberal lie about so-called “group rights” has been put to rest in favor of “individual rights.”
And that’s a win for freedom!
NRA just announced on the steps of the Supreme Court steps that they are filing suit in Chicago.
“Because Heller conceded at oral argument
that the D. C. licensing law is permissible if it is not enforced arbitrarily
and capriciously, the Court assumes that a license will satisfy
his prayer for relief and does not address the licensing requirement.
Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment
rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and
must issue him a license to carry it in the home. Pp. 56–64.”
Looks like national gun registration and a national “must issue” license law is coming, the Supremes said it was OK. Soon they’ll know what you have and where you live.
I wonder what it will take to get your “must issue” permission slip?
Whoo Hoo!!!
This gets a big Texas
YEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWW!
I’ve never been more proud of (5/9 of) the Supreme Court than today, EVER.
The Second Amendment protects an INDIVIDUAL right!
No federal gun bans on handguns, rifles and shotguns, EVER! No federal requirements for trigger locks, EVER!
Self-defense is SPECIFICALLY protected by the 2nd.
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OK, now what are the implications?
First, politically: is BHO going to shoot himself in the foot (pun intended) by criticizing this decision, and stating that he’ll nominate more judges and Justices like Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg & Breyer? I sure hope so. What will McCain say? It is really his fight to lose on this issue, and a tremendous opportunity to distinguish himself from that socialist rat.
Second, legally: a couple of issues here...
1. Incorporation - I’m sure that we’ll see a case filed challenging Chicago’s ban on handguns (all guns?) by no later than Labor Day (and I think it would be appropriate to file it on July 2, the anniversary of the ACTUAL day that the Declaration of Independence was signed), based heavily on the words of this case. I am STRONGLY ENCOURAGED by this decision - even though the level of scrutiny for analyzing firearms laws was purposely not mentioned, the language about the basic nature of the right of self-defense (esp. in one’s home) leads me to believe that the 2nd will be incorporated within 2-3 years at most.
2. Full autos - I’m also encouraged here. Yes, the decision did say that the 2nd wasn’t blanket protection of a right to own any weapon under any circumstances by any person, BUT it didn’t foreclose any particular weapons. It mentioned the Miller standard of protecting “arms in common use at the time.” Well, folks, full autos are standard issue in all of the armies of the world, and have been for roughly 50 years. In addition, full autos have never been illegal at the federal level in this country, only regulated - most of us can still buy an honest-to-goodness Tommy Gun, for instance, so long as we have a fat wallet and jump through some regulatory hurdles. The only reason why full autos are not more common now is that a ban has been in place for 22 years. SO, IMHO, I think that the Court will invalidate the ‘86 ban (though almost certainly NOT the’34 NFA and its regulatory framework, even though NICS does essentially the same thing - that’s a different battle). Me, I’d like to see the case brought by an ex-Special Forces member with an utterly spotless record and reputation, who already owns a pre-ban full auto and who was denied the opportunity to pay for a tax stamp for a virtually identical post-ban gun.
3. OK, here’s where we get to have a bit of fun: Does any Congresscritter have the cajones to begin the impeachment process against Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg & Breyer?
What do y’all say?
This settles it. It’s incredible it had to be done in the first place. The cost of enforcing our Constitutional RTKBA
in this action should have never been necessary. At least now, all those gun grabbers can sit down and shut up.
I found this unsettling: “NEW: Poll finds 67 percent of Americans say Constitution grants right to own gun.”
This means 33% of Americans polled either didn’t know, or believed Americans didn’t have the RTKBA. Who are these people?