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To: djf
I was thinking that this was apocryphal, given that your source is an email, but then I found this...

JOHNSON JOINS "HELLER" CHORUS

 

HELENA—Secretary of State Brad Johnson  joined the many other Montanans who have weighed in on the DC v. Heller case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.  A letter to the editor from Johnson appeared in today’s Washington Times, urging the court to protect an individual’s right to bear arms.

“This is an important issue for Montanans,” Johnson said. “Many of Montana’s elected officials spoke out on this issue; I am proud to be among them.”

The letter can be found at this link.

Johnson’s letter argued that Montana’s agreement with the United States to enter the union included Montana’s constitution at the time, which guaranteed the right of “any person” to bear arms. He urged the Supreme Court to uphold an individual rights interpretation of the Second Amendment, rather than a collective interpretation, as best in keeping with Montana’s Compact with the United States.

Many other elected officials around Montana have concurred in a statement of the same argument, in a bipartisan effort to defend Montanans’ individual right to keep and bear arms. The list of officials, as well as their resolution, can be found at: http://www.progunleaders.org.


37 posted on 02/19/2008 8:03:35 PM PST by Redcloak ("A plague o' both your houses!")
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To: Redcloak

My sources are pretty good.


44 posted on 02/19/2008 8:08:12 PM PST by djf (I think McCain deserves a chance. After all, he is on R side!)
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To: Redcloak
Thanks for the link - sent it out far and wide -

Carolyn

150 posted on 02/20/2008 7:30:33 AM PST by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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