On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:36:54 -0700, Robert D. Silvetz, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I just read the Heller decision. > > Once again, admitting a premise of the enemy eviscerated the significance > that this lawsuit could have had. > > Yes -- 2nd Am is an individual right. Big whoopy do. The decision > doesn't > crush ANY of the rules on the books ESPEcIALLY the noxious item of > licensing > requirements. > > But since "Heller conceded... licensing... fair... if not capriciously or > arbitrarily enforced" I STILL HAVE TO ASK FUCKING PERMISSION TO USE MY > 2nd > Am rights. > > Sadness... and 4 f'ing Supremes DISSENTED!!!! Fascists. The Supremes didn't want the Cold Civil War started again, so they did the minimum. I'm surprised that they didn't contrive a Fourteenth Amendment arguement and leave the Second out of it. Given how much our government operates by force chicane, I suspect that we've got lots of big fights ahead of us. > -- "Implications leading to ramifications leading to shenanigans." Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, USN