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Gun Control & RKBA

guillaumeb

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3. A major victory for fear and for the money purchasing SCOTUS Judges.

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #2)

Tue May 3, 2016, 05:25 PM

May 2016

And a defeat for peace, a defeat for the legions killed each year by firearms, a defeat for the damage this gun culture does to society.

I liked your sarcasm.

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What was "carefully considered" by the politicians passing the bill guillaumeb May 2016 #1

That was a major victory sarisataka May 2016 #2

A major victory for fear and for the money purchasing SCOTUS Judges. guillaumeb May 2016 #3

. sarisataka May 2016 #4

..."for the money purchasing SCOTUS judges" Kang Colby May 2016 #5

You do realize TeddyR May 2016 #6

A carefull re-reading of my post will show that I was referring to SCOTUS guillaumeb May 2016 #8

Apologies for misreading your post TeddyR May 2016 #9

Again, after accepting your kind apology, the SCOTUS is the final arbiter of law. guillaumeb May 2016 #11

Ok TeddyR May 2016 #13

what centuries of SCOTUS precedent? gejohnston May 2016 #7

First, prior to DC v Heller, the established and accepted view was that the Second guillaumeb May 2016 #10

There's lots of scholarly articles TeddyR May 2016 #12

Please read my reply #10. It says it better than I can. eom guillaumeb May 2016 #14

Ok TeddyR May 2016 #15

your source lied by omission, gejohnston May 2016 #16

While that view had some degree of legal standing... Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #17

To characterize a unanimous SCOTUS decision as guillaumeb May 2016 #18

Ah, so they never bothered to rule on it because, well "everybody knows" DonP May 2016 #19

Research SCOTUS decisions prior to Heller and your claim of guillaumeb May 2016 #20

Yeah, that's too bad, like it or not you're still stuck with Heller and McDonald as the law DonP May 2016 #25

You couldn't be more wrong about the linguistic analysis. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #21

The clear language of the Second Amendment links a well regulated militia guillaumeb May 2016 #22

See above. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #23

The NRA would be quite proud. guillaumeb May 2016 #24

Ah, resorting to insult? Bye, Felicia. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #26

Bull. beevul May 2016 #29

Where does the Second Amendment TeddyR May 2016 #30

unanimous only because gejohnston May 2016 #28

Not familiar sarisataka May 2016 #27