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Sekhmets Daughter

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14. How do you get it so backwards?

Reply to dairydog91 (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 07:27 PM

Jan 2013

In the absence of a militia, there is no individual right to bear arms. Look, we didn't establish a full time standing army until the end of the 19th and early 20th century. The Civil War congress called up state militias to fight that war. The first time that anyone used the
"individual's" right to own arms language was Clarence Thomas in a concurring opinion in Printz v United States which overruled part of the Brady bill...mandating background checks. That was in 1997.

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The central right identified in the Heller decision is [View all] cthulu2016 Jan 2013 OP

True; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #1

Yes. I posted this to narrow the discussion to cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #3

I like the "diminishing with distance" image Recursion Jan 2013 #2

Right! (I didn't mean distance litteraly, of course, but conceptually) cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #4

Not in FL... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #9

Don't forget truebluegreen Jan 2013 #26

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #5

Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in 24 states... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #10

Not quite... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #6

Which does not contradict the OP cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #7

I said not quite...I didn't say you were entirely wrong... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #8

Obama disagrees with the liberal SCOTUS? jimmy the one Jan 2013 #13

Yep that is what he is doing. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #15

Obama supported that in 2008. I objected at the time. cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #18

That's not exactly telling the whole truth. dairydog91 Jan 2013 #12

How do you get it so backwards? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #14

Because I read the text of the cases... dairydog91 Jan 2013 #23

Just read the second amendment... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #28

miller decison unanimous 9 - 0 jimmy the one Jan 2013 #17

Cite cases, please. dairydog91 Jan 2013 #24

The central right identified in Dred Scott tabasco Jan 2013 #11

Not quite.. X_Digger Jan 2013 #16

You're right, though central isnt the same as only cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #19

The court was asked to address one aspect of the right, specifically handguns in the home.. X_Digger Jan 2013 #20

IMO, the second ammendment defines a right to arms in defense of one's self. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #21

The Second Amendment isn't about the right to own a gun duffyduff Jan 2013 #22

April Love 2ndA court case jimmy the one Jan 2013 #25

Jos Story & Blackstone jimmy the one Jan 2013 #27

Miller, 1939 take II jimmy the one Jan 2013 #29

cruikshank, presser, lewis jimmy the one Jan 2013 #30

ally ally in come free jimmy the one Jan 2013 #31