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In reply to the discussion: Message auto-removed [View all]etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)47. Maybe, maybe not
And so, eventually, this theory became the law of the land. In District of Columbia v. Heller, decided in 2008, the Supreme Court embraced the individual-rights view of the Second Amendment. It was a triumph above all for Justice Antonin Scalia, the author of the opinion, but it required him to craft a thoroughly political compromise. In the eighteenth century, militias were proto-military operations, and their members had to obtain the best military hardware of the day. But Scalia could not create, in the twenty-first century, an individual right to contemporary military weaponslike tanks and Stinger missiles. In light of this, Scalia conjured a rule that said D.C. could not ban handguns because handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home, and a complete prohibition of their use is invalid.r is.
So the government cannot ban handguns, but it can ban other weaponslike, say, an assault rifleor so it appears. The full meaning of the courts Heller opinion is still up for grabs. But it is clear that the scope of the Second Amendment will be determined as much by politics as by the law. The courts will respond to public pressureas they did by moving to the right on gun control in the last thirty years. And if legislators, responding to their constituents, sense a mandate for new restrictions on guns, the courts will find a way to uphold them. The battle over gun control is not just one of individual votes in Congress, but of a continuing clash of ideas, backed by political power. In other words, the law of the Second Amendment is not settled; no law, not even the Constitution, eve
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It's not a weapon of war. Those would be fully automatic Ak's. The ones that can be purchased in
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#9
Yes, it can fire a lot of bullets, just like my semi-automatic .22. But it still is not a weapon of
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#15
Tell that to victims of mass shootings. Besides, plenty of gunners have converted them, or howabout
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#30
Not nonsense at all. The foolish are the ones who think the two (AK semi-auto available in the US vs
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#67
I'm fine with a gun or two AT HOME for hunting and home defense (not that I believe it is really
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#10
Whats the difference between owning 1 or 50? I can still only shoot one at a time.
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#16
Simple, those 50 guns will be sold, given to others, stolen -- perhaps more importantly, they fuel
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#19
I don't consider the guns bad, more the people. A gun is just an inanimate object. I strongly
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#24
Gotta have all those "actions" to be happy, notwithstanding gunz effect on society.
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#25
Yes, all those different "actions" do make me happy. I enjoy shooting for a hobby. And when
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#26
Wine is not the same as lethal weapons. Heck, I prefer a wino over a gun loving militia type anyday.
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#29
Alcohol is a problem. Gunz are a bigger problem -- intimidation, crime, mass shootings, empowering
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#43
I get what you are saying, but every decade we do nothing, puts 100 million more gunz on the street
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#12
I don't see this happening for a long long time. They might get enough for Congress but I don't
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#13
The 2A has never been the real issue. It is the lack of broad passionate public support
hack89
Nov 2015
#49
I hold out hope for our society .... we can't just sit back and say "there's nothing we can do" n/t
etherealtruth
Nov 2015
#57
This is why new gun laws at the national level fail. When people see wanting to repeal the
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#63
Repealing the second would not remove the right. The bill of rights grants no rights.
X_Digger
Nov 2015
#31
Solutions grounded in cultural, political and legal reality have a greater chance of becoming law.
hack89
Nov 2015
#51
Yep, which is why the new action will probably be directed a making lists of people
HereSince1628
Nov 2015
#53