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D.C. chief: 'We will arrest armed protesters'

True - but the number arrested can overload the system and help bring change. http://www.watson. org/~lisa/blackhis tory/civilrights-5 5-65/freeride.html The buses are a coming...  (Sunday May 12 | post #17)

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D.C. chief: 'We will arrest armed protesters'

Under the idea of one step at a time - this year the protesters that cross the bridge should carry one empty 30 round magazine and nothing else - a la David Gregory. That should make for an interesting set of legal actions.  (Sunday May 12 | post #16)

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Newtown Chief backs assault weapons ban in RI

It takes a special kind of stupid for the ATF to think "wide receiver failed so let's try it again only this time we will not inform the Mexican government about the operation and not track the weapons". Unless as you point out it was about making a case for the gun control agenda - it must be one or the other...  (Sunday May 5 | post #60)

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Firearms rally scheduled for Chambersburg's square

The complete quote that goes with the avatar (dog) is "do I look like a home defense weapon? Get a shotgun." Unfortunately, it is too long for Topix.  (Apr 9, 2013 | post #262)

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Firearms rally scheduled for Chambersburg's square

Not sure about Chambersburg, but some of us down in York PA are certainly having a chuckle or two...  (Apr 9, 2013 | post #256)

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Sandy Hook families bring emotion to gun debate

Only if the shooter knows who the person is that is holding the gun. The fact is ABC set the thing up so the shooter knew in advance who was armed and where they were located. It was all staged. Perhaps you did not read the report at the link provided.  (Apr 7, 2013 | post #89)

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Sandy Hook families bring emotion to gun debate

Do realize that 2020 set it up so the "demonstratio n" would go the way they wanted? Including the "shooter " knowing exactly which student was armed so he could take him out first. http://www.campusc arry.com/opponents /debunking-abcs-20 20-episode-if-i-on ly-had-a-gun/  (Apr 7, 2013 | post #81)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

It is really very simple. There are people that will die to maintain their freedom. You anti-freedom people need to be reminded of that fact periodically...  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #280)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

Again, I will ignore your attempt to provoke. You do seem to be a bit prejudice in your thinking. The point is that while there are in fact current infringements, those may be overturned in the future. The make up of the court will certainly play a role. However, attempting to completely take the right away would result in a million plus dead Americans. Leaving it to the states is problematic - considering the full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution... Since the Constitution is the supreme law of the land it will ultimately need to be resolved at the federal level.  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #268)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

Dude you are delusional. I do not think I am the moderator of this forum. Who said anything about getting my permission to post? Actually, I put up much less than half the decision. It is many pages long...  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #240)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

I forgot nothing - I left it out on purpose because as I indicated it was not relevant to the discussion of 9-0 vs 5-4 on the question of individual right. The extent of restrictions is a different discussion. I am not trying to confine anyone to the topic - take it any place you want. I was simply indicating why I left it out. It is really not that difficult and certainly there is no big conspiracy here...  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #237)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

Correct - The part under discussion on this particular thread was on 5-4 or 9-0 as individual right. The extent of limitation is a whole separate tropic...  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #234)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

Please provide the exact language from Heller that supports your statement. It was still 9-0 as an individual rightI will ignore your attempt to provoke. So again, please provide the exact language from Heller (I am especially interested in the part about slaughtering school kidsPartially correct - the majority also stated that it was not unlimited. The dissent was really taking exception to overturning the law in DCNot relevant. The 9-0 individual right determination and the point of this discussion has nothing to do with the extent of the limitation on keeping and bearing arms. Those things you identified above are already in place. If they are specifically overturned in the future it will be by something other than 9-0 (just like the law in DC). Try it this way 9-0 individual right. 5-4 on the extent the right can be limited. The argument now and future court cases will center on to what extent the right can be infringed. It will be interesting...  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #231)

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Connecticut passes strictest gun control laws in US as Ob...

It was 9 to 0 on the individual right: SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and KENNEDY, THOMAS, and ALITO, JJ., joined. There seems to us no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms. JUSTICE STEVENS, with whom JUSTICE SOUTER, JUSTICE GINSBURG, and JUSTICE BREYER join, dissenting. The question presented by this case is not whether the Second Amendment protects a "collective right" or an "individual right." Surely it protects a right that can be enforced by individuals. JUSTICE BREYER, with whom JUSTICE STEVENS, JUSTICE SOUTER, and JUSTICE GINSBURG join, dissenting. The Second Amendment says that: "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." In interpreting and applying this Amendment, I take as a starting point the following four propositions, based on our precedent and today's opinions, to which I believe the entire Court subscribes: (1) The Amendment protects an "individual " right—i.e., one that is separately possessed, and may be separately enforced, by each person on whom it is conferred.  (Apr 6, 2013 | post #214)

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Moms make case for gun control

I cannot complain. I still monitor what is happening here on the forum and add my two cents from time to time. The anti-freedom people are the same as always - different names, same illogical and uninformed arguments...  (Apr 5, 2013 | post #396)