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Supreme Court Decision Extends Right to Keep and Bear Arms to all 50 States

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BREAKING NEWS: On Monday, 28 June 2010 the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that extends the right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states. It invalidates the Chicago handgun ban, and affirms that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right. Fox News link: http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/28/high-courts-big-ruling-for-gun-rights/

Here's a link to a WSJ article on how the vote divided..


http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/info-SUPREME_COURT_TRACKER.html
 

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And the cowards still did not address the "bear" aspect of 2A. The states cannot ban guns in the home, but carrying one was not even addressed. What cowards we have in SCOTUS.
 

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It should be pointed out that the decision DID NOT strike down the ban. That is left to the trial court to do on remand.
 

John Pierce

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They only address the question before them.

It is inappropriate to call the Justices cowards. Especially Justice's who just gave us a monumental victory that will be the second stone in the path that WILL lead to the 'bear' part being answered.

See my article at http://www.examiner.com/x-3253-Minn...y2010m6d28-Substantive-victory-for-gun-owners


And the cowards still did not address the "bear" aspect of 2A. The states cannot ban guns in the home, but carrying one was not even addressed. What cowards we have in SCOTUS.
 

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And the cowards still did not address the "bear" aspect of 2A. The states cannot ban guns in the home, but carrying one was not even addressed. What cowards we have in SCOTUS.

Had SCOTUS produced a ruling regarding the "bear" aspect of the 2A, it would have been judicial activism. McDonald v. Chicago was about the Chicago Gun Ban, and nothing else. The issue before the court was the right of citizens to keep hand guns in their homes. The justices, in this case, could have no more ruled regarding bearing arms in public than they could rule regarding Arizona's emigration laws. Neither of those issues were actually before the court.

This DOES, however, have many repercussions to the right to BEAR arms. Using the 14th Amendment as a guide, SCOTUS has "selectively incorporated" the 2nd Amendment. Not just PART of the 2A, but the whole thing. SCOTUS did seem to rule that the States and Local governments CAN apply "reasonable" regulations regarding firearms. At the very least, this would cover concealed carry. At best, open carry.
 

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What good does it do to say that 2A in incorporated when actually they only said that part of it was? I say it was not fully incorporated. To fully incorporate, they would have to address both parts, keep and bear. You say it would be judicial activism to rule on the bear part when it was not a question before them. I say it is activism not to. Either we take 2A as a whole or we don't. Just like taking the entire Constitution as a whole or we don't. What's the difference? Would you consider only applying that part of the Constitution that you like and abandon the rest? Why would you want to only apply the parts of 2A that you like and abandoning the rest. These judges are cowards to say the very least. I could use worse terms for them, but I won't, at least not on this forum.

I understand that other suits will be brought to clarify all of this, but this only serves the lawyers on both sides of the argument. $$$$ for their own kind is the reason for doing things in this piecemeal fashion. And the fact that they won't catch as much flak from the news media.
 

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BWAHAhahahaahahahah.....did you guys see this??


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Would have been nice if they said "What part of 'shall not be infringed' in 'the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed' do you not understand?" and ended this thing once and for all.

ANY law which prevents "the people" from "keeping" or "bearing" is an infringement, unless it's something along the lines of "you must maintain a weapon for self defense"
 

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Of course that liberal puke sotomayor voted against guns...WTF does she think? When all the guns are banned in America there will be no crime? Heck no! Criminals (those who break the law, those who think they are above the law, etc) will always find a means to obtain guns just like they find a means to obtain illegal drugs like MJ and cocaine. The only difference will be that the law-abiding citizen will be left defenseless, and just like England, we will be walking around with bulletproof vests sewn into the inside of our clothes....God forbid they shoot us in the head. She has to be a complete moron if she thinks that a piece of paper will scare away a criminal.
 

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"Supreme Court makes it easier for Cubs fans to kill themselves" - Fark.com

Question now becomes when do we get to BRING our guns in the city.
 

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Of course that liberal puke sotomayor voted against guns...WTF does she think? When all the guns are banned in America there will be no crime? Heck no! Criminals (those who break the law, those who think they are above the law, etc) will always find a means to obtain guns just like they find a means to obtain illegal drugs like MJ and cocaine. The only difference will be that the law-abiding citizen will be left defenseless, and just like England, we will be walking around with bulletproof vests sewn into the inside of our clothes....God forbid they shoot us in the head. She has to be a complete moron if she thinks that a piece of paper will scare away a criminal.

Remember, gun control is not about guns, it's about control (of the citizens).
 
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