Larry, I like you. You are my friend.
I can't talk about this rationally with you so I won't. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: VA Massacre & Gun Control >I honestly think it goes beyond simply law or tactics. > >What do we think is an individual right in this country? > >The supreme court needs to get off its horse and try a gun case. They >refuse and refuse and aren't fulfilling the duties of the highest judicial >practice in the country. They have the Supreme Court and most of the courts of appeals have ruled consistently that the law is a collective right of the states. > >The whole argument over gun control and what is right could be over after a >single case if our government would simply follow the process put down in >the constitution. > >The DC gun ban was recently found to be illegal in federal court. The city >has said they will be appealing the decision, and maintaining their laws >until such an appeal can heard. However it is very well known that the >supreme court traditionally will turn away cases that require an >interpretation or clarification of the second amendment. At considerable variance on what the same court has ruled before, and what other circuit courts have ruled as well. I suspect that the Supremes will uphold the DC law based on precedent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5