Supreme Court Hearing

old #7 · Mar 17, 2008

Dick Cheny is the man.
Cross your fingers guys, this is going to be a big descision. I think that the recent appointments by Bush to the court are good ones. I guess we will find out soon.
http://www.charter.net/news/news_reader.php?storyid=14483478&feedid=14

old #7 · Mar 18, 2008

I guess the above link has expired,
the news today sounds promising.
The supreme court said that we have the right to posess firearms today.
Thats good!
What I am worried about is when they try to regulate what types of guns we can have and where we can have them.
I am a law abiding citizen but, if you ban my guns or try to take them from me, I will become a criminal real fast. :evil:

JOIN THE NRA.

Antelope_Sniper · Mar 18, 2008

We have 4 in the bag.
Roberts
Allito
Scallia
Thomas

The wild card is Kennedy, who *seems* based on todays question to be partial to our side.
the quesiton is does this one man decie the Second ammendment is a fundamental, intermedicate, heightened or compelling right.
The lower on the scale he decides, the more doom it spells for us.
In the end, this case is just the first shot in a long battle for us.
Come November vote Judical Nominee's first. Everything else is secondary, or we may be reduced to spit wads.

old #7 · Mar 19, 2008

I realy believe that if the court rules that the government has the right to ban arms we will be screwed in a couple of years. The regulation of arms by the government is just as scary though. If they say the government has the right to regulate arms, who decides which ones are legal to have.
I think arms are arms. What is the difference between a 50cal and a 338 rum. You will be just as dead if you get shot with either gun and there are many people that have the ability to make 1000yd shots.
I can have a 9mm pistol with 10 low capacity magazines and do just as much damage as having a couple of high cap mags. Same goes for semi auto vs full. I and everyone else knows that semi auto aimed fire is far more effective than holding down the trigger in full auto.
The citizens of this country have had the right to keep and bear arms for over 200yrs. Not only have we been able to keep arms but also bear them.
That, to me, means the right to have arms on me. The three wisemen came bearing gifts. If I was one of the wise men I would have given Jesus a Kimber 1911. 8) or an Isralie made UZI 8) 8)
Anyway if the supreme court gets this one wrong I know we are all in trouble but, and this could be a big but, I also think there is a lot of people out there that will not go quietly into the night and that would be big trouble for the government.

old #7 · Apr 2, 2008

Has anyone heard anything more.
The topic has definately dropped off of the evening news.

old #7 · May 9, 2008

BTT
Have you heard anything?
This is a big decision.

old #7 · Jun 26, 2008

:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

That was a close one but a good one.
Supreem court justices are an important thing to consider when making your choice for persident this fall.

Woodycreek · Jun 26, 2008

Supreme Court Declares That the Second Amendment
Guarantees an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Fairfax, VA - Leaders of the National Rifle Association (NRA) praised the Supreme Court's historic ruling overturning Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns and on self-defense in the home, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.

"This is a great moment in American history. It vindicates individual Americans all over this country who have always known that this is their freedom worth protecting," declared NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. "Our founding fathers wrote and intended the Second Amendment to be an individual right. The Supreme Court has now acknowledged it. The Second Amendment as an individual right now becomes a real permanent part of American Constitutional law."

Last year, the District of Columbia appealed a Court of Appeals ruling affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms, and that the District's bans on handguns, carrying firearms within the home and possession of functional firearms for self-defense violate that fundamental right.

"Anti-gun politicians can no longer deny that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right," said NRA chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox. "All law-abiding Americans have a fundamental, God-given right to defend themselves in their homes. Washington, D.C. must now respect that right."

Click here to read the opinion (1 MB, PDF format)

-NRA-

Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military.