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In reply to the discussion: another legal question. Why is operating a motor vehicle a privilege and operating a gun a right? [View all]I understand things in my sleep that you couldn't even figure out if you had 10 cans of Red Bull in you.
A reich-wing SCOTUS mis-decision, much like Dred Scott, is something I don't really care about. When more sane judges, with more respect for precedent, get into the SCOTUS Heller will be overturned.
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another legal question. Why is operating a motor vehicle a privilege and operating a gun a right? [View all]
srican69
Dec 2012
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I always have had the faith that law, in the long run, is fair and impartial ...
srican69
Dec 2012
#5
It has only been interpreted that way for 4 years. If you throw you lot with Scalia, Thomas, Alito,
byeya
Dec 2012
#14
Even if one concedes that it is an individual right though it does not mean no regulation.
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#19
The right to self-defense ranks at or near the top of natural rights. Arms are effective tools for
jody
Dec 2012
#8
Prior to 2008 it was perfectly legit for a jurisdiction to ban handguns. In 2008, the Filthy Five of
byeya
Dec 2012
#12
The 4 minority justices recognized the right, citing PA & VT constitutions but held the 2nd was not
jody
Dec 2012
#15
translation please ... I have a PhD in systems engineering but somehow its not helping
srican69
Dec 2012
#16
Your posts suggest you have not read the Heller opinion and dissent. I would give you a link but in
jody
Dec 2012
#28
In 1981 Morton Grove. IL. banned the ownership of handguns and on appeal the appeals
byeya
Dec 2012
#22