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In reply to the discussion: Bill Moyers: "NRA turned 2nd amendment into a cruel and deadly hoax" [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)31. and the dissenters evaluation of the decision is also an interesting read
"The opinion the Court announces today fails to identify any new evidence supporting the view that the Amendment was intended to limit the power of Congress to regulate civilian uses of weapons. Unable to point to any such evidence, the Court stakes its holding on a strained and unpersuasive reading of the Amendments text; significantly different provisions in the 1689 English Bill of Rights, and in various 19th-century State Constitutions; postenactment commentary that was available to the Court when it decided Miller; and, ultimately, a feeble attempt to distinguish Miller that places more emphasis on the Courts decisional process than on the reasoning in the opinion itself....
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Bill Moyers: "NRA turned 2nd amendment into a cruel and deadly hoax" [View all]
flamingdem
Jul 2012
OP
I think Justice Stevens' Dissent in Heller is an excellent discussion of 2nd Amendment.
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#4
their point is that the 2nd amendment is very specifically written to address
magical thyme
Jul 2012
#34
and the dissenters evaluation of the decision is also an interesting read
magical thyme
Jul 2012
#31
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jul 2012
#27