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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
9. The 2nd Amendment is not unlimited
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:25 AM
Feb 2016
"Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited...". It is "...not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."


"Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."


"We also recognize another important limitation on the right to keep and carry arms. Miller (an earlier case) said, as we have explained, that the sorts of weapons protected were those "in common use at the time". We think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of 'dangerous and unusual weapons.' "


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The group is about the right vs control issue n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #1
"Is their a pro gun group here that i'm missing?" pablo_marmol Feb 2016 #2
Giving the gun nuts their own group would just encourage them to spew RW opinion SecularMotion Feb 2016 #3
Self-defense is a basic human right. It's the candidate's responsibility to align with that fact. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #6
I expect Hillary Clinton will be our next President SecularMotion Feb 2016 #7
Okay, but as president she would still obligated to defend the Constitution, including the 2A Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #8
The 2nd Amendment is not unlimited SecularMotion Feb 2016 #9
I'm not aware of anyone petitioning to allow felons and those adjudicated mentally ill to own guns. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #10
They pretend to be the reasonable ones Press Virginia Feb 2016 #11
They should ask themselves why, if their cause is so noble, it has to hide behind lies. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #12
SM is too busy pretending we're Australia or Great Britian Press Virginia Feb 2016 #15
So the only solution is to ban guns altogether? SecularMotion Feb 2016 #13
Which gun restrictions would have prevented Press Virginia Feb 2016 #14
Americans who require 1A protections are an extreme minority but the 1A isn't about Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #16
Here's a tip on your "tipping point" discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #17
What on earth makes you think that the US will ever pass firearm laws similar to those TeddyR Feb 2016 #20
Maybe he's hoping for a "strong man" to come along and make the world right. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #21
Now that you mention it TeddyR Feb 2016 #22
They probably emerged from the same cloning vat. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #23
I infer this mischaracterization sums up your opinion of fellow DU members... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #18
There is a banner group, but this is as close as you get for progressive 2Aers ileus Feb 2016 #4
it is soooo busy there, lol Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #5
There is a group for the banners. linuxman Feb 2016 #19
Should "Of Mice and Men" be two different books? Movies? Plays? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #24
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