Lammie
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Doug:
Good article. The NRA probably fears the Heller case. In many ways it can be lose, lose for it. If the Supreme Court finds that the Washington D.C. gun control is an infringement on the second amendment and rules that it does represent an individual right the NRA will probably be affected financially. The NRA has lived and survived on it's claim to be our guardian angel in regards to protecting our gun and second amendment rights. If the Court finds in Heller's favor, as we hope it does, then the NRA will no longer have a cause to pursue. It's member's contribution will probably go down as well as it's membership.
If the Court finds against Heller and declares the second amendment represents a collective right. If it finds that there isn't an infringement because Washington D.C. is not a recognized State and therefore does not have congressional representation and that the (--shall not be infringed) phrase in the amendment was intended to be instruction to congress and does not apply to the individual States. Then the NRA as well as all we gun owners will be defeated. Everything goes back to ground zero. Any hope of having another Supreme Court ruling on the second amendment would more than likely be out of the question into the distant future. The NRA will end up jousting windmills and lose it's reputation as a protector of our gun rights. It is no wonder why it is nervous. We should all be nervous. The Heller case could go either way. As I see it that is probably just as well. It's time the questions surrounding the Second Amendment were answered by the U. S. Supreme Court. Time to let the chips fall where they may.
Nobody can second guess our court system. We gun owners in Wisconsin put a lot of faith in the recent Andres Vegas case. We all anticipated that if it got to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court it was such a strong case that the Court would surely find the concealed weapon prohibition statute unconstitutional. Well it didn't happen. The lower court threw it out. Vegas was found innocent of carrying a concealed weapon and therefore he couldn't elevate the case to the supreme court level. The prosecution was not about to elevate the case because they realized the cards were stacked against them. As a result the Vegas case ended up to be of little value to we gun owners. It would have been of value only if Vegas was found guilty by the lower court so that he could appeal to the state supreme court.
I bring all that up only to illustrate how fickle and unpredictable the ferderal and state legal system is. All we can do in regards to the Heller case is cross our fingers and hope.
Doug:
Good article. The NRA probably fears the Heller case. In many ways it can be lose, lose for it. If the Supreme Court finds that the Washington D.C. gun control is an infringement on the second amendment and rules that it does represent an individual right the NRA will probably be affected financially. The NRA has lived and survived on it's claim to be our guardian angel in regards to protecting our gun and second amendment rights. If the Court finds in Heller's favor, as we hope it does, then the NRA will no longer have a cause to pursue. It's member's contribution will probably go down as well as it's membership.
If the Court finds against Heller and declares the second amendment represents a collective right. If it finds that there isn't an infringement because Washington D.C. is not a recognized State and therefore does not have congressional representation and that the (--shall not be infringed) phrase in the amendment was intended to be instruction to congress and does not apply to the individual States. Then the NRA as well as all we gun owners will be defeated. Everything goes back to ground zero. Any hope of having another Supreme Court ruling on the second amendment would more than likely be out of the question into the distant future. The NRA will end up jousting windmills and lose it's reputation as a protector of our gun rights. It is no wonder why it is nervous. We should all be nervous. The Heller case could go either way. As I see it that is probably just as well. It's time the questions surrounding the Second Amendment were answered by the U. S. Supreme Court. Time to let the chips fall where they may.
Nobody can second guess our court system. We gun owners in Wisconsin put a lot of faith in the recent Andres Vegas case. We all anticipated that if it got to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court it was such a strong case that the Court would surely find the concealed weapon prohibition statute unconstitutional. Well it didn't happen. The lower court threw it out. Vegas was found innocent of carrying a concealed weapon and therefore he couldn't elevate the case to the supreme court level. The prosecution was not about to elevate the case because they realized the cards were stacked against them. As a result the Vegas case ended up to be of little value to we gun owners. It would have been of value only if Vegas was found guilty by the lower court so that he could appeal to the state supreme court.
I bring all that up only to illustrate how fickle and unpredictable the ferderal and state legal system is. All we can do in regards to the Heller case is cross our fingers and hope.