Filing Supports Second Amendment Rights

Governor of the State of Alaska ^ | February 8, 2008, | NA

[neverdem]

No: 08-018 State Of Alaska Joins Texas Amicus Brief

February 8, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin announced the State of Alaska will join the multi-state amicus brief authored by the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment right of individual Americans to bear arms.

On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg notified Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott that Alaska would sign on to the brief. The Texas amicus brief in the case Washington, D.C. v. Heller will be filed by February 11, 2008.

Governor Palin, a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, has long been a champion of the constitutional right to bear arms, as well as a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska’s youth.

“I am proud to join the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment,” Governor Palin said. “We need to send a strong message that law-abiding citizens have a right to own firearms, for personal protection, for hunting and for any other lawful purpose.”

[neverdem]

http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290bsacTexas.pdf

Heller's Friends: The Intellectuals Explore Unintended Consequences If DC wins, all sorts of weird consequences could happen.

http://www.dcguncase.com/blog/

http://dcguncase.com/blog/case-filings/

El Gato was kind enough to supply me with the last two links.

[Artemis Webb]

SARAH PALIN FOR VP!!!

[Bear_Slayer]

In practice and tradition the 2A is an individual right.

Let me prepare you all for what will happen in March:

The SC will rule that the 2A is indeed an individual right, BUT government has the power to reasonably restrict access/use.

Little will change except that DC citizens will be allowed to own handguns in their homes. They will be highly regulated.

[neverdem]

http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/

[FortWorthPatriot]

"SARAH PALIN FOR VP!!!"

I agree! And she's beautiful to boot!

[bamahead]

I count 30 states on board so far...

[Gondring]

SARAH PALIN FOR VP!!!

Lifetime member of the NRA and an actual sportsman! :-) [That's a picture of her hunting with her son, below, and fishing.] She's a good conservative in the mold of Old Alaska, IMHO. The GOP could do a lot worse than she!

[dayglored]

> And she's beautiful to boot!

You ain't kidding!!!

[dayglored]

Dang, and I thought I was doing good posting that one B/W pic... sheesh! ;-)

[neverdem]

I count 30 states on board so far...

Thirty, including Alaska, signed on to Texas' brief, for a total of thirty one.

[Gondring]

hehehe She's definitely a very beautiful woman, and has always seemed authentic to me. Maybe I'm just a sucker for her pretty face, and maybe it's beauty queen poise training that allows her to handle fish like a pro, but I actually believe she was a commercial and sport fisherman, and while I'm not so sure I'd agree with all of her positions, I believe she would bring energy to a ticket, and social conservatism that's respectful of individual rights. But again, maybe it's just wishful thinking, after all the disappointments in the prez track.

In summary, I think she'd be a smart pic for a VP slot. I just wouldn't want her choosing names for anything (her children are Bristol, Piper, Track, and Willow). :-)

[Gondring]

Oh, and here she is with Laura Bush...that should make the BushBots go for her, right? ;-)

[dayglored]

Just curious... Is that pendant a "Tinkerbell" (the Disney flying fairy)? Does anybody recognize it as something else?

I think she'd make a terrific Veep. Might make me interested in voting in November; which would be a vast improvement over my present inclination, which is to puke my guts out.

[Gondring]

Perhaps a cross and an S?

[dayglored]

> ...maybe it's beauty queen poise training that allows her to handle fish like a pro...

Ding! Ding! Ding! Best line of the night!

[Gondring]

LOL...great pic combo (from her official website as Governor):

[Domandred]

If there is any indication on how important this SCOTUS case is, and the lack of any 2nd Amendment cases for what...70 years?...it is that so many briefs have been filed. I was surprised to see a congressional brief, but one from the States too. Wow. All eyes on SCOTUS this spring/summer.

[Gondring]

If there is any indication on how important this SCOTUS case is, and the lack of any 2nd Amendment cases for what...70 years?...it is that so many briefs have been filed. I was surprised to see a congressional brief, but one from the States too. Wow. All eyes on SCOTUS this spring/summer.

Definitely. If they get caught up in the twisted language of that Congressional brief, there will be some real howling--and a sign that the SCOTUS has jumped the shark. If they don't play politics and just do their job, they can demonstrate that they are still worthy of great respect.

[Gondring]

The GOP could do a lot worse than she!

Just realized I used a poor gramatical construction. >blush!<

While what I wrote could be correct, what I really meant was to say "worse than nominating her"

[dayglored]

>> The GOP could do a lot worse than she!

> Just realized I used a poor gramatical construction. >blush!< While what I wrote could be correct, what I really meant was to say "worse than nominating her"

Oh, hell, we know what you meant.

Beautiful women get me flustered, too...

[Repeal 16-17]

That would make a nice campaign poster for a McCain-Palin ticket.

[SkyDancer]

Just wondering then if the SCOUS denies the 2nd what will those states that allows guns do?

[dayglored]

> That would make a nice campaign poster for a McCain-Palin ticket.

Can you imagine all the political reporting, augmented with Sarah's pic up against Hillary's?

Clinton would become invisible.

[dayglored]

DONE DEAL!

[neverdem]

Just wondering then if the SCOUS denies the 2nd what will those states that allows guns do?

Read the second link in comment# 1. They could organize their own militias and arm them with more than small arms, i.e. hanguns, rifles and shotguns. The National Guard is a federal organization that the feds lend to the governors when they're not activated for federal purposes.

It was a grass roots movement that organized in most states for shall issue concealed carry privileges. Alaska went from privilege to right like Vermont has always been. Wyoming got one house in its legislature to make it a right.

[Gondring]

Alleged sketch-from-photo of Sarah in younger days

Where's her tattoo of the rose and .45? Oh, maybe it was the next summer that she got it.

And of course, in that pose, you can't see the other one... the . You do know that stands for "Gondring," right? Maybe her hubby made her get it removed.

;-)

Hope I haven't offended anyone with this joking around, but I'm sure I have.

[Gondring]

Hillary? You mean “Barack”...

[Gondring]

That would make a nice campaign poster for a McCain-Palin ticket.

I'd rather have a Cleese-Palin ticket.

[Gondring]

I'll cut her slack for the names of her kids, but let's not let her near any new Navy ships...

LOL! EXACTLY!

[dayglored]

> Where's her tattoo of the rose and .45?

Heh!

> Hope I haven't offended anyone with this joking around, but I'm sure I have.

Not me, man. I love this stuff.

Besides, it's late on a snowy night. No holds are barred.

[wastedyears]

Probably something like no more than 6+1, no round in the chamber, safety on, plus some other BS to that effect.

[wastedyears]

She’s not bad lookin’.

[Gondring]

I'm wishing I were back up in New York State...dang, I miss a good honest snow, rather than "wintry mix" we get all the time down here.

Was looking at historical photos of the area recently, and it struck me how often there was snow way back when. (They are construction progress photos taken at regular intervals, so it's not just "hey, it snowed--take a pic!" sampling bias.) Even if there's nothing we can do about it, climate change can be irritating sometimes.

[Gondring]

The SC will rule that the 2A is indeed an individual right, BUT government has the power to reasonably restrict access/use.

Yep.

[Hazwaste]

And she's beautiful to boot!

You guys are lucky. We ended up with Governor Good Hair (Perry).

[wastedyears]

Looks like that study report was written by Miss America.

[dayglored]

> dang, I miss a good honest snow, rather than "wintry mix" we get all the time down here.

Right now it's a few inches of ultra-fine, tiny flakes, almost like confectioner's sugar. Don't feel bad, they're predicting "wintry mix" for us in the morning.

Slush-fest!

[robertpaulsen]

Meaning the DC Circuit decision stands. Then why even take the case?

[dljordan]

“The SC will rule that the 2A is indeed an individual right, BUT government has the power to reasonably restrict access/use.”

You are right. They CAN’T rule otherwise. There’s too much power and control at stake. I mean, we can’t have freedom breaking out all over the place can we?

[Bear_Slayer]

Its a bone.

Something for conservatives to celebrate.

It is otherwise meaningless

At the most it allows us to settle the individual right issue, but I doubt we will ever reverse the many gun laws that have been written.

[Bear_Slayer]

They are walking on eg-shells. They have to maintain the status quo.

Worded wrong in either direction will have consequences.

A slingshot snap back to the right or a slow continuous drawing to the left, which will eventually result in a snap-back to the right.

[robertpaulsen]

"Something for conservatives to celebrate. It is otherwise meaningless."

I agree.

A meaningless decision, and we risk the very real possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule an individual right, protected only for those individuals in a well regulated Militia.

[Dead Corpse]

Why aren’t we voting for her for President?

[Dead Corpse]

Only if they are as twisted in their reasoning as you are.

[RightWhale]

Gov Palin is still very much in the middle of the Natural Gas Pipeline negotiations and would be unavailable. Maybe next time.

[Repeal 16-17]

The SC will rule that the 2A is indeed an individual right, BUT government has the power to reasonably restrict access/use.

Such a decision would result in a backlash, because the individual RKBA would be mostly a nullity. The SCOTUS has to make a real decision. Any half-hearted garbage would be seen as illegitimate and would further degrade the respect the People hold for the Court. I'm not saying they won't do that; just that it would be a big mistake.

[Gondring]

Why aren’t we voting for her for President?

She's in favor of individual rights.

[Bear_Slayer]

The 2A by tradition and by practice is an individual right. They likely won't rule any other way.

Similarly

Government has long usurped their role and has "reasonably" restricted access & use. The SC will carefully word it so that government will still have the power to "reasonably restrict"

People have lived with it under its present construct for so long there will be no backlash.

Nothing will change.