Administration backs gun ownership

AP / MSNBC ^

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Administration backs gun ownership

Olson tells high court 2nd Amendment applies to individuals

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON, March 7 — The Bush administration has told the Supreme Court for the first time that it believes the Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess guns, reversing the government’s longstanding interpretation of the Second Amendment.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

WOOHOOOO !

[ScreamingFist]

Bang!

[Wphile]

Gee...based on so many posts on FR of late, I thought there wasn't any difference between Bush and Gore. Hmmmmmm.

[CollegeRepublican]

Does this mean that we can start overturning gun laws in Maryland? Finally, I knew there was a reason that I voted for Bush.

[mattdono]

Bang! BangBangBang! (that was a "hair-trigger" bang list bump)

[umgud]

This is now the official gov't position and will be defended by the DOJ. I hope it will lead to preemptive challenges by the feds to states and locales who may have policies in conflict with this. Currently, many states have molded their statutes on the belief that only groups (state malitias) as opposed to individuals have 2cnd ammendment rights. I also expect NRA and others to launch challenges which would then be defended by the US DOJ. We'll see..... but I gotta tell you that I'm cautiously optimistic. This may even impact CCW issues. I suggest you go to "packing.org" to see the buzz on this decision.

[bandleader]

Bang,Bang,and Hip,Hip,Hooray!!!I'm glad that the Bush Administration is "On Board" but I never doubted that The Second Amendment refers to an"Individual Right".None of the other Amendments makes reference to anything but an"Individual Right" so why would The Second Amendment be different???

[Shooter 2.5]

Someone mentioned that talk is cheap. I'm going to predict that there's going to be a public relations war going on in the next couple of months and the gun groups are going to need all the help they can get. Join one of the groups today or at the next available minute. We have to win this PR war.

[BlackbirdSST]

Gee...based on so many posts on FR of late, I thought there wasn't any difference between Bush and Gore. Hmmmmmm. No point in letting you down easy. While I'll agree that the DOJ has assumed the "Individual Right", it did not ask the court to "Test" their basis, so kudo's to W and team, but great disappointment in getting the USSC to bolster their position. The time was ripe, and Theodore blew it. It will stand as policy for this administration, say bye bye when the power shifts again, and it will. Therein, I'll change my mantra, there's "barely" a dimes bit of difference between the two. How's that? Blackbird.

[drc43]

What effect will this have on Mayor Daley's gun grabbing and banning laws?

[umgud]

I would think someone might mount a challenge based on this new position.

[Shooter 2.5]

Not a whole lot at the moment. You could write a letter to the Tribune or Sun-Times and remind Daley that what he's doing is nothing more than denying citizens their Civil Rights and that people will sue the City of Chicago and the Mayor for violations. It's just a thought and it might give the average citizen a civics lessom.

After all, engineering the Murder Capital of the U.S. should count for something.

[Shooter 2.5]

Theodore blew it.

Theodore who?

[BlackbirdSST]

Theodore blew it. Theodore who? A bit vague, Ted Olson(sp?), the Solicitor General. He had included the aforementioned "Policy Statements" in his brief to the court, but stated something to the effect, they didn't need to determine it's merits, or words to that effect. That just set it up for the next admin to change it all again. We need for a decision to come from the USSC, to put this to rest. I can read the plain language of the 2nd Amd., but there are a whole slew of people that see things "between the lines". All I see between the lines is a blank space. Blackbird.

[Shooter 2.5]

I thought you were writing about Teddy Roosevelt. That's a president that should have pushed for a ruling.

Heck, Going back farther, the Clanton Gang should have been lawyers.

[BlackbirdSST]

Yeah, I'm not sure what part of, "....shall not be infringed" these idiots don't grasp. It's the only place in the Constitution where this phrase is used, and was purposely used for emphasis. Fact is, they can pass whatever law they want, some poor sole still has to come get 'em. Blackbird.