A change in the national situation and total harm done could be weighed against the NRA's tired (Reply #13)

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Mon Aug 5, 2019, 04:12 PM

ancianita (27,170 posts)

13. A change in the national situation and total harm done could be weighed against the NRA's tired

old rights argument. The NRA lives for lawsuits, sure. But.

When the competing Right to Life, Liberty, etc. is weighed against the Right to Bear Arms, the court might just decide to emphasize the "Well regulated militia" spirit of 2A, thus allowing congressional regulation.

It could happen, I believe.

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26 replies	Author	Time	Post
Gallup On Guns [View all]	ancianita	Aug 2019	OP
Gallup is far from the most reliable pollster	Downtown Hound	Aug 2019	#1
According to 538? 538?? And realclearpolitics.com, eh? Well, then.	ancianita	Aug 2019	#2
You can always look it up yourself. n/t	Downtown Hound	Aug 2019	#4
You lose if you make a claim and show no proof. I've at least got polling history in the OP.	ancianita	Aug 2019	#5
You want proof that Gallup is only B rated at 538?	Downtown Hound	Aug 2019	#6
Okay, cool. But it's 538, begun in '08. Who rates 538? 538!	ancianita	Aug 2019	#9
Feel free to rate 538 however you want	Downtown Hound	Aug 2019	#19
Thank you for your informative post.. with links!!	Thekaspervote	Aug 2019	#18
it appears it's not up to the people or congress...it's up to the NRA.	spanone	Aug 2019	#3
Most U.S. Americans can't be bothered enough with guns to own one.	hunter	Aug 2019	#7
I'd like to believe it. I know how to use a gun but wouldn't own one. Still, the existence of guns	ancianita	Aug 2019	#11
I've shot and killed and made dinner of animals I've eaten, but not in the 21st century.	hunter	Aug 2019	#23
Thanks for your story. Fascinating. I remember vets who wouldn't go near firearms, too.	ancianita	Aug 2019	#26
I only believe polls	sarisataka	Aug 2019	#8
The trouble with sarcasm online is that there are people who believe	elocs	Aug 2019	#10
Indeed	sarisataka	Aug 2019	#14
I have written things and made them so broadly and obviously sarcastic	elocs	Aug 2019	#16
Most people in the U.S.A. can't be bothered to own a gun, second amendment or not.	hunter	Aug 2019	#24
Despite what Americans believe, what will this Supreme Court do,	elocs	Aug 2019	#12
A change in the national situation and total harm done could be weighed against the NRA's tired	ancianita	Aug 2019	#13
This conservative Supreme Court would make that ruling?	elocs	Aug 2019	#15
We're more grounded in reality here than a lot of 20-somethings whose cerebra haven't yet developed.	ancianita	Aug 2019	#21
I've noticed more of a "wishing makes it so" attitude	elocs	Aug 2019	#22
I hear you. I myself would rather be a wrong pessimist than a wrong optimist. And so do others,	ancianita	Aug 2019	#25
SCOTUS has ruled	sarisataka	Aug 2019	#17
Right. So there's room for "well regulating" rulings that support eliminating military weapons, etc.	ancianita	Aug 2019	#20

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