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Gun Control & RKBA

hack89

(39,171 posts)

8. Scalia said you can ban open carry

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:20 PM

Aug 2017

he thought the 2A allows strict regulation of guns - AWBs, registration, high magazine limits are all constitutional according to him (as written in Heller.)

Lack of public support is your problem - not the 2A.

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Ban the Open Carry of Firearms [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2017 OP

But what about Antonin Scalia and his "discovery" of what he called "original intent"? guillaumeb Aug 2017 #1

Scalia said you can ban open carry hack89 Aug 2017 #8

Ban them all. bullimiami Aug 2017 #2

We've Been Told sarisataka Aug 2017 #4

More blowback from your side's culture war krispos42 Aug 2017 #3

"Gun Control" is the most effective form of firearm proliferation known to this country. n/t Decoy of Fenris Aug 2017 #5

Agreed discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2017 #6

historical diffs between open & concealed carry jimmy the one Aug 2017 #7

I'm not being snarky Lokilooney Aug 2017 #9

heartbroken jimmy the one Aug 2017 #10

Translation Lokilooney Aug 2017 #12

You have no idea how much this pains me.. tortoise1956 Oct 2017 #33

Technically OC should discourage harassment and intimidation. ileus Aug 2017 #11

It wasn't just white supremacists and nazis who were armed at Charlottesville. EL34x4 Aug 2017 #13

Sounds like something Trump would say SecularMotion Aug 2017 #14

And if he said it, he would be correct. EL34x4 Aug 2017 #15

Civil Liberties Body ACLU Will No Longer Defend Gun-Carrying Protest Groups SecularMotion Aug 2017 #16

Do you support denying a Constitutional right based on being on a government list? The ACLU doesn't: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #18

Their argument against using the no-fly watchlist is that the system is broken. SecularMotion Aug 2017 #20

What about states already using those lists to deny gun permits? New Jersey does: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #21

I agree with the position of the ACLU SecularMotion Aug 2017 #22

I agree with it as well- also, that article is as clear as mud friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #23

If the ACLU had defended the 2nd amendment, the NRA would not be the political power it now is. Hangingon Aug 2017 #28

Sometimes folks that oppose carrying... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2017 #17

These folks don't oppose carrying. They're proudly pro-gun and progressive. EL34x4 Aug 2017 #25

Rednecks! Obviously liberals! pablo_marmol Aug 2017 #19

I'll see your Blair Mountain and raise you a... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2017 #24

! pablo_marmol Aug 2017 #27

To all my "retrumplican before country" brethren Tortue Aug 2017 #26

if you're addressing "retrumplican before country" brethren... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2017 #29

I would stay away from any event where people were going to open carry Kaleva Sep 2017 #30

I have no problem with open carry. ManiacJoe Sep 2017 #31

I agree AR-15s on chest rigs are a bit more than open carry. mackdaddy Oct 2017 #32