I wouldn't say i'm in love with the supreme court. They have made a number of decisions i'm not really digging since becoming a tad more conservative with bushes two appointees. But since the world is not just painted in black and white this was one decision i could agree with.
On 6/26/08, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > tBone wrote: > > Additionally, even if you do say that the second allows "reasonable > > regulation", well then it should be federal, and the same everywhere. > > > > > So that's the type of legal theory debate I was getting at and we're > still going to have. But since everyone is in love with SCOTUS now: > > SCOTUS (5-4!) said that the Constitution does not allow for "the > absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the > home", but also that the justices "are aware of the problem of > handgun violence in this country" and ruled that the Constitution > "leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that > problem, including some measures regulating handguns." > > Put another way, an outright gun ban is not constitutional but "some > measures" "regulating handguns" are. > > Further, Scalia said nothing in their ruling should, "cast doubt on > long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or > the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in > sensitive places such as schools and government buildings." > > In short they didn't define "arms", they didn't define what "bearing > arms" means, and they interpreted the 2nd Amendment as open to > regulation, but they didn't define it. > > So the debate will continue. Which is what I was getting at. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
