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06-26-2008, 05:55 PM
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Guns legal in Washington D.C. (and elsewhere)
The Supreme Court today eliminated the ban on guns in the District of Columbia today. It was more than even the most hopeful NRA member hoped for and it was everything that the anti-gun movement feared.
The ruling does not eliminate regulation of firearms. It does, however, prevent banning guns from private persons. The ruling does not say that I can now go buy an Abrams tank and a WartHog airplane. The ruling does not say I can own a fully automatic weapon. But, the ruling does say I can own a firearm. The Second Amendment now has the same "stare decisis" protection that other rights have. I did not link a news article. I'm sure you can find 2 dozen of them right now... I suspect the higher percentage of people in Texas will applaud the decision. What say ye?
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -Thomas Jefferson |
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