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16. Not quite..

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 07:43 PM

Jan 2013

The language in Heller was:

and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

I know, that's the current spin on Heller from many talking heads.. morphing 'such as' into 'only'.. but it really isn't so.

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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

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