Bush Administration Backs Individual Right to Bear Arms

Newsmax.com ^ | Tuesday, May 7, 2002 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Draakan]

GREAT! ALLOW THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AND PILOTS TO CARRY! You can thank us later! Check out what that idiot Michael D. Barnes said, "This action is proof positive that the worst fears about Attorney General Ashcroft have come true – his extreme ideology on guns has now become government policy!"

[oldvike]

Ahhh, finally some good news from Bush. Please....oh please.....don't back down on this one Mr. President.

[boris]

"Here is the text of the Second Amendment: "'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'"

No. The Second Amendment has only a single comma.

--Boris

[anniegetyourgun]

This is the second posting of the Newsxmax account. However, you might be more interested in the even earlier NYT account.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ah, another thread the B____ & Moan wing of the party will choose to ignore.

[Standing Wolf]

Shall issue needs to be
the law of the land!

[texlok]

I agree, Bush and Co. showed a little leaning to the right *finally*

[Draakan]

Sorry about the second posting! Thanks for the info!

[demlosers]

Hate to piss on your parade, but the 2nd Admendment does have three commas not one.

[Pharmboy]

Without the Second Amendment all the others would be suggestions.

[FormerLurker]

While I applaud the Administration for its correct reading of the 2nd Amendment as to it pertaining to an individual right versus a collective right, I see a problem where it is stated that Congress can in any way infringe on that right. As various gun control laws prohibit "high capacity" magazines and "assault weapons" which are in fact items which would reasonably be kept by a "well regulated militia", those laws DO infringe on the the right to keep and bear arms.

[cva66snipe]

Ahhh, finally some good news from Bush. Please....oh please.....don't back down on this one Mr. President.

He didn't have too. It is still supporting gun control. Read it again and a few other articles on it. Government still reserves the right to say who can and who can't own weapons, type, mag size, ect. Nothing was won today as this is just the DEMs position of about 15-20 years ago nothing more.

"The right to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed upon". Why is this so hard for even Republicans to understand?

[bybybill]

Its a trick--got to listen to Rush tomorrow to find out what it is--GWB doesn`t do ANYTHING right..this really smells

[muawiyah]

Sometimes the government cannot or it fails to protect the people. A good example was the World Trade Center. The management up there needed SAMs or their equivalent so they could protect themselves from all comers.

New York City's antigun legislation contributed to the deaths of the WTC workers.

[gitmo]

Hate to piss on your parade, but the 2nd Admendment does have three commas not one.

That's what my copies show.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"Its a trick--got to listen to Rush tomorrow to find out what it is--GWB doesn`t do ANYTHING right..."

I respect Rush...but, please my friend...think for yourself and make up your own mind.

And, (I'm ready for the flaming...) don't forget...Rush is now in a ratings war.

[demlosers]

My hardcopy came from www.mv.com/users/sos/Constitution.html on the 11/30/00
They website says they got it from the House site www.house.gov
It shows 3 commas....hope it's wrong.

you'd think it would be right if it orginated from the U.S. House of Reps. I'm going to research this some more.

[demlosers]

They = The

It's 03:54 in the morning where I'm at.

[Reagan Man]

Reversing the four-decade-long federal interpretation of the Second Amendment, the Bush administration has told the Supreme Court that it believes the Constitution protects an individual's right to bear arms.

Another positive decision. Thank you Mister President.

That's two good decisions in recent days.

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