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Supreme Court refuses to hear high-stakes Second Amendment handgun case
Washington Examiner ^ | 6-26-17 | Ryan Lovelace

Posted on 06/26/2017 6:58:58 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

Supreme Court refuses to hear high-stakes Second Amendment handgun case

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; gorsuch; scotus
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To: House Atreides

You missed the point. See post 11.


21 posted on 06/26/2017 7:41:47 AM PDT by Ragnar54 (Obama replaced Osama as America's worst enemy and Al Qaeda's financier)
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To: editor-surveyor
Neil Gorsuch is turning out to be a total dud!

Justice Gorsuch was on the side of the Constitution in this case.

Are all of these judges insane?

In this case (except for Justices Gorsuch and Thomas) yes.
22 posted on 06/26/2017 7:46:01 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I’m wondering if this might have been a strategic delay. I’d rather have the SC ruling on this sort of case after Kennedy and Ginsburg are gone.


23 posted on 06/26/2017 7:58:19 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: All

My specific issue is that life happens, and unless the Sheriff can “see” into my specific future and personally guarantee me with their life that no circumstances will ever exist in my lifetime to warrant self-protection outside my home for me or my family, then the entire argument is bogus.


24 posted on 06/26/2017 8:04:27 AM PDT by RideForever
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

This is tragic.
Living in California means I have fewer rights than if I lived outside of California.
The SC has decided it is okay for me, personally, to have different/fewer rights than other people.
Democrats have destroyed the quality of life here.


25 posted on 06/26/2017 8:13:45 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
An excerpt from Justice Thomas' dissent:

The Court’s decision to deny certiorari in this case reflects a distressing trend: the treatment of the Second Amendment as a disfavored right. The Constitution does not rank certain rights above others, and I do not think this Court should impose such a hierarchy by selectively enforcing its preferred rights. The Court has not heard argument in a Second Amendment case in over seven years—since March 2, 2010, in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U. S. 742. Since that time, we have heard argument in, for example, roughly 35 cases where the question presented turned on the meaning of the First Amendment and 25 cases that turned on the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. This discrepancy is inexcusable, especially given how much less developed our jurisprudence is with respect to the Second Amendment as compared to the First and Fourth Amendments.

26 posted on 06/26/2017 8:16:46 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: bramps

I’ve been worried about Gorsuch from Day One. He comes across (to me) as extremely arrogant trying too hard to feign humility. I don’t trust him. I believe (have read) that his church’s minister is a lesbian. Too liberal for me. I PRAY that I am wrong about him.


27 posted on 06/26/2017 8:22:50 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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To: glasseye

We American Citizens who live in CA have less “Rights’ than the Illegal Invaders who live here.

We didn’t break the Law,the Illegal Invaders did, yet they are granted all sorts of goodies, Driver’s Licenses and In State College Tuition to name a couple.


28 posted on 06/26/2017 8:23:12 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: bramps

I’ve been worried about Gorsuch from Day One. He comes across (to me) as extremely arrogant trying too hard to feign humility. I don’t trust him. I believe (have read) that his church’s minister is a lesbian. Too liberal for me. I PRAY that I am wrong about him.


29 posted on 06/26/2017 8:23:32 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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To: Yo-Yo

Justice Thomas is a God send.

The other Justices should be grateful to stand in his shadow.


30 posted on 06/26/2017 8:25:46 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

If you’re going to post an article I do hope you give it more effort in the future. Part of what makes this format so great is to read a little bit about the article before taking the time to go to it. It’s a more efficient way of absorbing the news we care about.

I’m disappointed the SC decided to not take up this case. It really is important; especially since national reciprocity is closer to being law than ever. This case would have set an important precedence. Maybe that’s why they chose not to hear it.


31 posted on 06/26/2017 8:29:39 AM PDT by Boomer
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To: FreedomForce

You get it! Some others apparently can’t understand this in the proper way.


32 posted on 06/26/2017 8:40:45 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: glasseye
Nitwit DIMs/LIBS destroy everything good and civil EVERYWHERE & ALWAYS . They are malignancies.
33 posted on 06/26/2017 8:47:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Now that’s a clickbait excerpt, if I ever saw one.

You’re allowed to excerpt up to three hundred words.


34 posted on 06/26/2017 8:50:46 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

“Now that’s a clickbait excerpt, if I ever saw one. You’re allowed to excerpt up to three hundred words.”

1. Fast news morning - not counting
2. Not my site so not click bait
3. I took time to tee it up for - why don’t you make an effort to take a swing at the ball

Thanks


35 posted on 06/26/2017 8:57:45 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Boomer

1. Fast news morning - not counting
2. Not my site so not click bait
3. I took time to tee it up for - why don’t you make an effort to take a swing at the ball

Don’t be a lazy whiner- it is unbecoming of a FReeper.


36 posted on 06/26/2017 8:59:12 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: RideForever

Since most if not all Sheriff’s are an elected position, I assume political donations (where bigger is better) for a running contender would be in line to assure you can exercise 2A rights in those areas.


37 posted on 06/26/2017 9:03:03 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: xzins

Why do you say that? He’s one of only 2 who disagreed.
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I posted before getting all the facts. My mistake.


38 posted on 06/26/2017 9:16:48 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: bramps

I just did the same thing on travel ban. Damn keyboard! Wish it would get things right. :>)


39 posted on 06/26/2017 9:30:13 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
The ruling which stands is that the sheriff's policy does not violate the 2nd Amendment.

That sheriff and the SCOTUS can kiss my a$$.

The good Lord gives us the right and the 2nd codifies it.

I will carry when and how I want to and no MAN will deprive me of that

40 posted on 06/26/2017 9:30:57 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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