rushcreek2
Regular Member
This is great news not only for residents of Illinois but residents of all of the states - although once again we witness the federal government "enforcing" its INTERPRETATION of the 2nd Amendment onto a state government.
I get a bit uncomfortable seeing the federal courts continually referring back to English law, custom, and practice when attempting to map out the parameters of the RTKBA as it has been historically understood and recognized by the people of these United States. This distinction is especially significant given recent suppression of the free exercise of that right by the British people. It was an interesting review of English history in the Heller decision, but the courts should henceforth confine their research to the American colonial, and constitutional republican experience regarding OUR RTKBA.
I get a bit uncomfortable seeing the federal courts continually referring back to English law, custom, and practice when attempting to map out the parameters of the RTKBA as it has been historically understood and recognized by the people of these United States. This distinction is especially significant given recent suppression of the free exercise of that right by the British people. It was an interesting review of English history in the Heller decision, but the courts should henceforth confine their research to the American colonial, and constitutional republican experience regarding OUR RTKBA.