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bongbong

(5,436 posts)
30. LOL
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 07:15 PM
Dec 2012

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.

Because of the stupid fucking 2nd amendment LibAsHell Dec 2012 #1
I always have had the faith that law, in the long run, is fair and impartial ... srican69 Dec 2012 #5
The Constitution? n/t jmg257 Dec 2012 #2
Cars are not in the Bill of Rights. Guns are. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #3
Because there were no motor vehicles in 1789? yellowcanine Dec 2012 #4
+1 joeybee12 Dec 2012 #6
+1 SugarShack Dec 2012 #13
The basis for the "right" is the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights DefenseLawyer Dec 2012 #7
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
Absolutely DefenseLawyer Dec 2012 #31
The right to self-defense ranks at or near the top of natural rights. Arms are effective tools for jody Dec 2012 #8
I'd be fine... LP2K12 Dec 2012 #9
We have the "right to travel" (an unenumerated right protected by the ninth) X_Digger Dec 2012 #10
The Constitution. Also, public roads Recursion Dec 2012 #11
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
Perhaps you need to read the Heller decision. I'm not impressed by your PhD. jody Dec 2012 #18
what !! really srican69 Dec 2012 #21
Big deal what if I claimed to have two? Would that impress you? nt jody Dec 2012 #23
Honestly - it would. srican69 Dec 2012 #29
It most certainly does not. You are wrong. You are spreading NRA lies. byeya Dec 2012 #17
Read the Heller decision and cite passages to rebut my assertion. jody Dec 2012 #20
Delicate Flowers always get the 2nd Amendment wrong bongbong Dec 2012 #25
Your posts suggest you have not read the Heller opinion and dissent. I would give you a link but in jody Dec 2012 #28
LOL bongbong Dec 2012 #30
Yes, there are a number of parrots spreading NRA lies on DU bongbong Dec 2012 #26
In 1981 Morton Grove. IL. banned the ownership of handguns and on appeal the appeals byeya Dec 2012 #22
It would be a right were we writing the Constitution today in the spirt of those writing it then. ieoeja Dec 2012 #24
Serious answer, in my mind a flawed interpretation nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27
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