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Skriven 2007-03-25 21:24:00 av Jeff Binkley (1:226/600)
     Kommentar till en text av John Hull
Ärende: House
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JH> JB>>>> The move is a clear signal that Democrats have lost control
JH> of JH>> House  VH> floor
JH> JB>>>> after minority Republicans presented the Democratic majority
JH> JH>> with a  VH> politica
JH> JB>>>> unpalatable motion that their conservative members would be
JH> JH>> forced to  VH> suppor
JH> JB>>>> for fear of angering the gun rights community.

JH> VH>>> Who says the 2nd Amendment isn't essential to our liberty? :-)


JH> JH>> Didn't the Circuit Court just rule that the DC gun ban was
JH> JH>> illegal? I know I saw something about that from NRA.

JH> JB> Yep.  It is headed to the Supreme Court.  It may have far
JH> JB> reaching impacts, depending upon what they do with it.  Maybe
JH> JB> Bush will get to appoint one more justice before his term ends.
JH> JB> Rmuor is that Ruth is not well.

JH>Lemme see if I can do some amazing Kreskin here:  If the SC refuses
JH>to hear the case, then the verdict of the Circuit Court stands.  If
JH>they agree to hear it, it will be the first case on the 2nd Amend
JH>before the SC.  They will have no recourse but to support the 2nd,
JH>since there is already precedent that 'people' as used in that amend.
JH>means the same as it does in every other use in the Constitution, and
JH>will thus have to uphold the Circuit ruling.  Either way, DC gets to
JH>have guns, and a huge blow is landed on the antigun crowd.

Popular wisdom agrees with you but watch the liberals push that the 
second amendment only guarantees that militias have guns, not average 
citizens.  If so, this will pretty much doom liberalism for the next 
decade.


Jeff


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