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Gun-rights confusion
Orange County Registrar Dot COM ^ | 12-20-2002 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 12/28/2002 3:29:07 PM PST by vannrox

Edited on 04/14/2004 10:05:41 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Conditions are now ripe for the U.S. Supreme Court, which has not dealt with gun control issues since 1939 (and then rather cryptically), to resolve whether the Second Amendment confers an individual right to bear arms or a collective right that can be exercised mainly by members of an organized militia.


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To: Travis McGee; Shooter 2.5; Slings and Arrows; Squantos; drZ
Second Amendment Analogue:

"A well-educated electorate being necessary to the preservation of a free society, the right of the people to read and compose books shall not be infringed."


41 posted on 12/30/2002 8:53:34 AM PST by Joe Brower
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Dang it Joe I was gonna get some work done around here today.......That's one excellent web site. I'll be there a few hours :o)

Stay Safe and Thank You Very Much !!!

42 posted on 12/30/2002 9:37:40 AM PST by Squantos
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I was gonna get some work done around here today

Don'tcha just hate it when that happens? $;-)

43 posted on 12/30/2002 9:51:20 AM PST by Joe Brower
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The Silveira decision mentions the patent protection power in the Constitution as a possible analogue, but they dismiss it out of hand, missing the point entirely. They came within a hairs-breadth of the truth there.
44 posted on 12/30/2002 4:00:01 PM PST by mvpel
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As Larry Elders pointed out a couple of years back, "Truth to a liberal is like Kryptonite to Superman"...


45 posted on 12/31/2002 6:31:41 AM PST by Joe Brower
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