Reply #120: *sadly shakes head*

[MadHound]

How many times does it need to be repeated before you understand that you need to KNOW things, do reading and research, before you make wild claims. It is really getting tiresome having to educate you in even the basics, especially on cases that YOU bring up. OK, here goes.

The Supreme Court overturned the US District Court ruling in 1998. The '98 court case was Scheidler vs. NOW. The '03 case was Operation Rescue vs. NOW. Yes, the Supreme Court overturned a District Court, big whoop, it happens all the time.

Yes, you can carry a gun openly not just in Illinois, but in most states. I live in Missouri, if I wanted to strap a gun to my hip and go down the street, I can. In Illinois, you can do the same thing just so long as you disable the gun, ie remove the slide or some such. I've looked up the laws, I would suggest you do the same. And your militia arguement has been proven false, again and again in the courts. If it was only militia that was allowed to carry guns, then they wouldn't be so common in this country now would they.

And I mean slippery slope as in what the Patriot Act is, or other repressive legislation would be, like limiting our First Amendment rights.

Look, this has been real, it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun. Your lack of knowledge of Constitutional law, much less any other kind is glaring friend, I would suggest that you do some studying to rectify that, then you won't get your ass handed to you in these little debates. Nor would you have to resort to personal attacks and smears when your meager store of knowledge runs out. But anyway, I've got to go, so go ahead, get it out of your system. Launch that last insult in a vain effort to at least fool yourself into thinking that you're somehow the "winner". It will just go to prove a point.

Cheers until next time.