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HAH.
The Supreme Court got one right!
I'm seeing via my flist (which is how I'm getting most of my news these days, and just how nerdy is that?) that the Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms is, indeed, an individual right.
Not only that, but Justice Scalia puts in some lovely word-geekery in his opinion:
The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Yay! Now that's an excellent way to start my day.
I'm seeing via my flist (which is how I'm getting most of my news these days, and just how nerdy is that?) that the Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms is, indeed, an individual right.
Not only that, but Justice Scalia puts in some lovely word-geekery in his opinion:
The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Yay! Now that's an excellent way to start my day.
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No doubt I'll compensate for my shortcomings as a liberal with a pro-choice rant later today. Well, no. I've already posted a few of those...
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On the one hand I think they're destructive and there are too many of them in the world.
On the other hand I'm a firm believer in the second amendment and I'll probably own a gun at some point.
But yeah I agree with the decision.
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We don't have a second amendment to consider, and I'm all for banning guns.
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