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bucolic_frolic

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4. 2A is infringing on our pursuit of happiness

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 11, 2024, 12:07 PM

Feb 2024

SCOTUS(R) got the priorities wrong. Many of their rulings sort out which right or freedom is primary or tertiary. And these change over time.

What is aloha spirit if not the right to be safe and happy?

Scalia was a Euro-fascist import tied to monied interests, imho.

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K & R............................ Lovie777 Feb 2024 #1

It is 100% fact that our founding fathers did not intend for the 2A to be an excuse Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #2

2A is infringing on our pursuit of happiness bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #4

Guns are much more important than our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #5

Sure seems like it (that lead line, anyway). calimary Feb 2024 #25

Keep hope alive bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #3

bookmarked. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #6

dig that scalia- et tu Feb 2024 #7

States Rights wolfie001 Feb 2024 #8

wonderful! maybe, just maybe, this will catch on in a few other states. thank you hawaii! nt orleans Feb 2024 #9

There goes the 1st domino on this issue, hope more follow. KS Toronado Feb 2024 #10

I would like to see CA weigh on this RainCaster Feb 2024 #16

Yes!!!! Bluethroughu Feb 2024 #11

This makes me so proud to live in Hawaii. pandr32 Feb 2024 #12

Let's hope that the "States Rights" argument Chili Pepper Feb 2024 #13

Indeed. cloudbase Feb 2024 #26

Good stuff. n/t iluvtennis Feb 2024 #14

And now the states need to say the supremes got it wrong about Dobbs. BComplex Feb 2024 #15

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Feb 2024 #17

Plus, 2A says "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state," CaptainTruth Feb 2024 #18

The "well regulated militia" meant any male person able to bear arms. SlimJimmy Feb 2024 #35

HOT DAMN HAB911 Feb 2024 #19

I would love it if this was the first step towards a nation-wide rebuke of the Supreme Court's capture by the NRA. Martin68 Feb 2024 #20

Let the tail wag the dog! n/t BobsYourUncle Feb 2024 #21

For the strict constructionists on the court dlk Feb 2024 #22

🌺 So much Aloha poured out for the rest of us in these benighted times 🌺 Hekate Feb 2024 #23

HAPPY DANCE TIME !!!!! THIS IS WHAT IVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED !!!!! Karadeniz Feb 2024 #24

Well, to be fair that is EXACTLY what the 2nd says, always has. I wonder how much money Scaiia Eliot Rosewater Feb 2024 #27

yeah, every body doin' a brand new dance now --Texas ain't special DoBW Feb 2024 #28

I really thought we were in for it on this one. Thank goodness. mahina Feb 2024 #29

Heller, Dobbs, and Citizens United are three of the worst decisions in SCOTUS history Orrex Feb 2024 #30

Completely Agreed SlimJimmy Feb 2024 #34

The supremacy clause says otherwise. SlimJimmy Feb 2024 #31

What argument are you attributing to me? BootinUp Feb 2024 #32

All I'm saying is that State law does not trump Federal law. SlimJimmy Feb 2024 #33