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Heller Affirmed - SCOTUS Upholds 2nd Amendment Individual Right Determination
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Thank Christ.
Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in one’s home. The Court, splitting 5-4, struck down a District of Columbia ban on handgun possession.
Justice Antonin Scalia’s opinion for the majority stressed that the Court was not casting doubt on long-standing bans on gun possession by felons or the mentally retarded, or laws barring guns from schools or government buildings, or laws putting conditions on gun sales
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in one’s home. The Court, splitting 5-4, struck down a District of Columbia ban on handgun possession.
Justice Antonin Scalia’s opinion for the majority stressed that the Court was not casting doubt on long-standing bans on gun possession by felons or the mentally retarded, or laws barring guns from schools or government buildings, or laws putting conditions on gun sales
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
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Obviously we can't take away the military's guns... I meant it as more of a "let's all smoke pot and achieve world peace" statement. Though we should definitely spend a lot less money on that shit.
They are developing all sorts of non-lethal weapons, which is great but doesn't exactly seem to be high-priority.
Spot the irony.
I would, yes.
You might say we... dodged a bullet.
:winky:
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
It's pretty much what they hinted at back in Oral Arguments. Though I'm kinda surprised it split 5-4. I had thought it'd go 6-3.
...really?
Out of curiousity, where do you live?
How do you mean?
I couldn't find the title edit. Where is it?
It's tough to say how much of a role proximity plays when you take into account bans in Britain which is an island nation plus chunnel.
Why do you think this?
Double click the thread box on the forum index to edit the title
Scalia often says and does things that suggest he has no perception of historical context.
Correlation does not equal causation, except when its convenient.
No, they really do. Being deprived of Habeus Corpus matters a good deal whether or not you can own a gun. The politicization of Justice matters a lot, whether or not you can own a gun. &c.
Except when it aligns with his position
That's a pretty hollow point to make.
Also seriously Peeking you kinda gotta be more than a single-issue voter for anyone to give a crap about your position. As much as people love to be daring martyrs and abstain, wouldn't it be more useful to vote for dudes you pretty much enjoy and then persuade them that your position is significant?
I mean, say Obama doesn't think.... I don't even know, net neutrality is a big deal. It would be too bad for me, the net neutrality superfreak that I theoretically am. But if I mostly dig his positions, I could always vote for him and then start a letter-writing campaign saying "Pay attention to this it is super important!". It lacks the verve of saying "psssh they're BOTH jerks" but it has higher odds of actually bringing the outcome you desire.
BUT that is kind of a tangent.
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At this point I expect every single SCOTUS case to split 5-4.
Switzerland is, if I'm correct, rather special in that regard. During your, at least for men, mandatory military service, you get your own gun and are of course trained in the use of it.
Then, at the end of your military service, you take your gun home with you. So pretty much every household has at least one gun, but its owner is trained in its use, and I'll expect the military does some basic psychological checking too.
I don't think it's a system that would work in any other country than Switzerland, though. And I don't know how well it works, but you don't hear much about school-shootings from there...
If someone knows the Swiss system better than me, feel free to correct my incoherent ramblings
Availability of guns has little effect on the actual rate of violent crime. The only thing it affects is what weapon that violent crime is committed with. While that may be worth it for control, it is my belief that crime is more a factor of poverty and disenfranchisement.
That said, other than the registry, which is retarded, I think Canada is doing it right. No automatic weapons, required licensing for owners, heavy restrictions on pistols. :^:
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Somehow I doubt crime rates or firearm deaths will go down in D.C. with the gun ban lifted. Just as conceal and carry laws have not helped reduce crime rates in multiple areas.
No, I am not really communist. Yes, it is weird that I use this name.
On every other issue I'd agree. I've voted for people I vehemently disagree with on other issue and campaigns and I've voted with both parties. On this I can't imagine voting for a candidate against it. It just seems fundamental.
Yeah, those Canadian genocides since gun control was introduced decades ago are really getting out of hand.
So the citizens cannot overpower the government through force, but unless we have the right to own guns, to ensure we fail at trying to overthrow the government via force, nothing else matters? Your logic eats itself.
And suspending Habeus Corpus is a whole hell of a lot easier when people only vote on whether or not you get to keep your glock.
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
Yes. No it doesn't.
Overpower does not equal overthrow.
Correlation =/= causation.
...but our government is soooo malevolent? Is that what you are implying?
No, I am not really communist. Yes, it is weird that I use this name.
I'd like to see some examples of these genocides preceded by gun control, because I can't think of a single one.