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06-26-2008 #1
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Supreme Court ruled today on the D.C. gun ban
The Supreme Court ruled today that the D.C. gun ban violates the 2nd amendment to keep and bear arms. Gun control advocates often posit the argument that it only applies to a "well regulated militia". The court ruled that this operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individuals right to keep and bear arms as well for personal self-defense.
An excerpt from the court today: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditional lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Currently in D.C., handgun ownership is not permitted, and rifles in the home must be kept disassembled and with trigger locks that render the gun non-functional.
Now the occupational hazards for would be burglars will be death, or if they're lucky and arrested ... jail.
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07-01-2008 #2
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More likely I'll be the one getting shot by the burglar.
Seriously, the second amendment is completely outdated and merely a product of a by-gone era when people actually needed guns for protection against red coats and those pesky "savages" (I'm being sarcastic, please no one take offense to that). Today, I think my right to not get blown away by some crack head far outweighs that person's right to own a handgun.
When is the last time you've heard of a civilian actually using a handgun as protection? It rarely happens. Even police officers RARELY use their handguns and they are put in threatening situations on a daily basis.
On the other hand, every day I look at the newspaper and there's another innocent shooting victim or another disgruntled office employee who goes on a killing spree.
This has got to stop...
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07-01-2008 #3
What are you, retaaaaded?
Originally Posted by sexyshana
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07-01-2008 #4
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What are you, retaaaaded?
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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07-01-2008 #5
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Originally Posted by trish
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07-01-2008 #6
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Originally Posted by trish
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07-01-2008 #7
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Originally Posted by howdydoody
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07-01-2008 #8
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[quote...'wishful thinking' on your part.[/quote]
Actually I wish is wasn't true, as do you.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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07-01-2008 #9
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Originally Posted by InHouston
Having spent a large part of my childhood in Provence, France, where the tourist 'chasseurs' go apeshit when it is hunting season, this little gem is sig-worthy.
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07-01-2008 #10
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I take it then you frequent farming communities in Pennsylvania during deer season? I think not. Believe me, being around deer hunters is one of the safest places you can find yourself. I think your last comment qualifies as one of the most irresponsible and speculative comments you've submitted yet.
While deer hunting in the northern counties you'd aways bump into "hunters" from Philly and Pittsburgh who had cabins up there and were more into the drinking and carousing then the hunting. We'd walk a wide circle around those guys. My Dad stopped hunting when it got too crowded and too dangerous. It deeply saddened him. Me, I haven't hunted since I was sixteen. Even though I was fairly good at it (for a transitioning girl) it wasn't really my cup of tea.
Believe me, being around deer hunters is one of the safest places you can find yourself.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.