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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:19 PM Original message |
Thank you, Supreme Court. |
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WGS (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Our candidates can |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Their position makes no difference. Why should they? |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I do not see how the supreme court can come up with a good |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And, with the National Guard federalized, we have no "well regulated militia". |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That is the point. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. I predict, that the court's ruling... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Probably a pretty good prediction. nt |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thd c ourt's rulling will be dictated by the NRA. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I really don't care how they rule. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But the courts have ruled on the "regulation militia"..... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Where is a citation on that? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. This has been carried by the news media for weeks nt |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Yeah, I trust every word I see from the news media. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. You can't discount ALL the media. nt |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. And you can't claim "All the media" since I posted a link to the contrary. nt. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
75. Wow--you're pissed. nt |
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Tejanocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
71. Here is a link to a discussion on the greatest page with cases disproving your legal understanding |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. This is the hard right in action. There is no way the Supreme Court |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I suspect they will rule as you say, unequivocal individual right. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. What gray area? |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The gray area as to whether it is an individual or a collective right. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. When you go buy a gun.... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Me being able to buy a gun has nothing to do with it. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. But they have taken away our national guard. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Where does it say in the constitution, that you have the right |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I think the Supreme Court will decide if the Second Amendment says that. nt |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. No constitutional right is absolute. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. OH--I see. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. No, nothing new here. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. As a strict constructionist, as long as everyone has a musket |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Does that include the FBI, CIA, Secret Service, and the Pentagon? |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You have a point... |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Read Marbury vs. Madison again. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Your point? nt |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You read it already? |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I read a summary, and I didn't ask any questions in my OP. nt |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. No, you didn't pose a question, but posted one |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. LOL. The case accomplishes nothing. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. It would be argued that the 14th amendment carried this to the states. nt |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. But they aren't answering that question. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It can't be raised until they rule. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That isn't what they are ruling on. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Banning *is* a restriction. nt |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You obviously don't understand how this works. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. You're partially correct. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Its STILL much ado about nothing. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. No... that is incorrect also. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Incorrect, irrelevant and besides the point. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Well... we can at least agree to disagree. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Here are some points I think you are missing. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. No matter what the courts says, something doesn't change... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
73. I would disagree |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. This case is not about federal law at all |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Which is what they have already said they are doing. (nt) |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. DC law can have the color of federal law |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. I believe, should we give up the Second Amendment, we might as well give up the First. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Sure. We'll just shoot at those pesky atomic weapons. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. If the people have no arms, they won't need atomic weapons. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. If they rule against already established gun laws, |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. As I posted above, I haven't owned any guns in decades, however |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. even if resolved by the SCOTUS, it's hardly out of political scope |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It depends on the ruling, I think. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. unlikely that a 9-0 issue would be a major point of political contention |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I agree |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I presume you think the same about the rest of the Bill of Rights |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. Thanks Should Be Tempered |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Eventually it will just mean that the Constitution needs to be amended. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. Oh come on now |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. no, zorahopkins is correct - ie: more CRIMINALS getting killed |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. RKBA is primarily about self-defense and secondarily defense of state. Pennsylvania made this clear |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. I guess there is good reason to question limits, even if |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Agree and that has been done in most states which allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
58. The problem is, this puts a classic RW wedge issue back on the front burner |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
77. Gore is running? > "If Gore takes Tennessee" |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I think they were referring to the 2000 election. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
68. I dunno. They'll just make another bad decision that has to be reversed later. |
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Tejanocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
70. BEWARE a court which would ignore a century of 2nd Amendment precedents would also ignore Roe v Wade |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I say let 'em make their move. |
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