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former9thward

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12. Sorry you need a history lesson.

Thu May 29, 2014, 12:05 AM

May 2014

"Well regulated" meant "well trained and well equipped" in the English of the late 1700s. Were you home schooled?

The equivalent ordinance for bars would be 'A bar is not allowed in 99.5% of the city and it can only serve one drink to a customer'. Do you think that would survive a federal court?

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Chicago mayor offers gun store law, critics pounce [View all] alp227 May 2014 OP

much like what texas did to abortion clinics leftyohiolib May 2014 #1

Beat me to it! 7962 May 2014 #7

Isn't it amusing just how similar the tactics used are to each other? NutmegYankee May 2014 #14

What was done in Texas is a violent attack on Women randys1 May 2014 #26

gun people say it's an attack on them no one in either case was attacked any attempt t say so leftyohiolib May 2014 #31

Women who will resort to unsafe abortions or drugs and possibly die randys1 May 2014 #32

women who do that attack themselves now im not infavor of the fetal death penalty but women need leftyohiolib May 2014 #38

WTF , women attack themselves how ?? Oh wait, I see you are anti woman health rights randys1 May 2014 #39

nope youre wrong. they do it to themselves b/c they "will resort to unsafe abortions or drugs " like leftyohiolib May 2014 #41

sigh randys1 May 2014 #42

if it makes you feel better i also think it's none of my business so i dont let it influence my vote leftyohiolib May 2014 #45

Another waste of tax money. former9thward May 2014 #2

What about the ordinance is unconstitutional? wtmusic May 2014 #4

No I read the summary at the link. former9thward May 2014 #5

Gun stores will be allowed to sell guns, but they will be "well regulated". wtmusic May 2014 #10

Sorry you need a history lesson. former9thward May 2014 #12

It seems like a perfectly reasonable law Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #15

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #16

So let's make buying guns easier Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #17

Where did you serve in the Nam warrant46 May 2014 #18

I was with 1/502 173d Airborne Bde Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #24

Way too many alcoholics in Chicago. former9thward May 2014 #19

Bars do not have a primary use of killing people Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #25

They directly lead to drunken car killings. former9thward May 2014 #28

To repeat the point that you are so assiduously dodging Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #33

Fine, finally got the truth out of you. former9thward May 2014 #36

Yes, I do Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #47

Nonsense. Were you FOX-schooled? wtmusic May 2014 #20

It was James Madison who defined them. former9thward May 2014 #21

Not uncomfortable at all. wtmusic May 2014 #22

Name a Supreme Court Justice who agrees with your distorted view. former9thward May 2014 #23

Of course, the "militia" referred to in the Second Amendment no longer exists Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #29

The false consensus effect is strong in you, isn't it? friendly_iconoclast May 2014 #34

The word 'regulations' appears many times in the Constitution NoGOPZone May 2014 #52

Both liberal and conservative legal scholars have researched this. former9thward May 2014 #53

you haven't even come close to answering MY questions. NoGOPZone May 2014 #54

Neither one of us is going to answer questions. former9thward May 2014 #55

you can take that up with those posters NoGOPZone May 2014 #56

No constiturional right to sell booze AngryAmish May 2014 #51

De facto bans are just as illegal as overt bans... Ballast_Point May 2014 #48

I wonder if at some point the state will pass state-preemption of local firearm laws AtheistCrusader May 2014 #3

The concealed carry law, passed last year by the state, pre-empts any new handgun laws DonP May 2014 #30

Is Toni Preckwinkle running for mayor? trublu992 May 2014 #6

We have a constitutional right to guns. We do not have a constitutional right to gun stores... DRoseDARs May 2014 #8

You can NOT ban the sale of something that is legal to own happyslug May 2014 #9

The federal judge disagrees with you. former9thward May 2014 #13

Nothing on the actual Ordinance , yet happyslug May 2014 #11

while righty works overtime attacking women and wanting to maintain everybodys right to shoot randys1 May 2014 #27

Do you have anything useful you wished to add to the conversation? friendly_iconoclast May 2014 #35

DC's strict/draconian (depending on your POV) registration law just survived SCOTUS Recursion May 2014 #37

Rahmbo did something right? KamaAina May 2014 #40

I know Rahm is not popular here, but I'm surprised by the negative reactions. Nye Bevan May 2014 #43

To answer your question: billh58 May 2014 #44

Thats so false its funny. beevul May 2014 #46

Now THAT is "an inconvenient truth" derby378 May 2014 #50

It is the underhand method he is employing to ensure there are no gun stores in Chicago hack89 May 2014 #49