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D.C.: 2nd Amendment does not apply here

WASHINGTON - The Second Amendment's provisions protecting the right to keep and bear arms apply only to the federal government, not the 50 states and the District of Columbia, lawyers for the nation's capital argued Friday in a written brief to the U.S. Supreme Court

It will be interesting to see the outcome from the Supreme Court.

There’s one place where they’re considering allowing judges to carry a firearm in their courtroom without a permit. Imagine that ! An untrained person sitting in the room facing jurors, lawyers and dozens of other people, packing a gun. Same Judge would throw the book at you for having a gun in your own house because of that one in a thousand chance that a bullet may fly through a wall and hit the neighbors cat !

Unbelievable !

JUDICIAL BENCHMARKS: HEARINGS ON DC'S GUN BAN

District of Columbia v. Heller, a Supreme Court case that will be decided

in the next few months, will determine whether "the People" mentioned in

our Constitution really means "the Government" when it comes to the right

to keep and bear arms. The Justices heard arguments last Tuesday.

The Second Amendment to the Constitution states: "A well regulated Militia,

being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to

keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Using the arguments posited by

attorneys for the District of Columbia, this really means only the militia

should be armed, not the people. Of course, this argument ignores the plain

language of the Amendment, the historical context of the word "militia" (every

able-bodied adult male) and several hundred years of practice and precedent.

For more than 30 years, DC has banned all handguns, the cheapest and most

common weapon of self-defense, and requires homeowners to either disassemble

or unload and lock up all other firearms. The (un)reasonableness of a total

ban on handguns, however, is just one of many questions the Court will decide

in this landmark case. In the hearing, it seemed the Justices understand

the right belongs to individuals, leaving the question as what constitutes

reasonable regulation.

As the NRA-ILA reports, 31 state attorneys general, many former senior DOJ

officials, and Congress have filed amicus briefs opposing DC's position in

the case. "The congressional brief had the largest number of co-signers

of a congressional amicus brief in American history," the NRA-ILA said,

"with 250 House Members, 55 Senators and the Vice President of the United

States, acting in his capacity as President of the Senate." Perhaps the most

encouraging sign came during the hearings last Tuesday when Justice Anthony

Kennedy said, "[T]here's a general right to bear arms quite without reference

to the militia either way." It appears the "swing" Justice may have his head

on straight for this one. After all, it is clear that this case dealing with

what former Justice Joseph Story called the "palladium of the liberties of

a republic" is one of utmost importance to our nation.

Sadly, we have no one to vote for this year, they are all of the same mind set on our bill of rights. Our 2nd amendment I'm affraid will be lost no matter who gets in office.

Vote for conservative Senators and Representatives, and just maybe by the grace of God we can prevent the worse from happening. I cannot believe that we have three anti-gunners (recall that McCain wanted to close the gun show loophole and register everyone who attended gun shows whether they bought a gun or not) running for Prez. I fully expect a major terrorist event this summer on American soil, and my betting is that George Soros is paying off street trash to create mayhem at the Republican National Convention. If at all possible, attend one of the April 19th weekend Appleseed events, and team up with as many conservative Americans as possible before the General Election. Maybe this is the year we write in George Washington or even Donald Duck....

Hey Steve, We need to write in someone thats for sure. I remember when I was a small boy,( I turnned 60 Saterday,) my Dad would always tell us to vote for the first timer, as once they are in office for over one term they have learned how to rip us off. So get rid of them all and lets start over.

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