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To: Patriot2A

...this is a bit hard to follow, but I’m guessing the Ninth Circuit, perhaps the nation’s most liberal, just handed down a unanimous decision which reaffirms that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states through the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?


2 posted on 04/20/2009 12:21:15 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile

Yes, it specifically incorporates the 2nd against the states (at least those under 9th Circuit jurisdiction).

HOWEVER, what the 2nd Amendment means remains under extreme debate, with the verdict also declaring fairgrounds a “sensitive area” where prohibition may be enacted.


7 posted on 04/20/2009 12:26:12 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: americanophile

Yup. The decision is likely to be persuasive with other courts as it is against the uber-liberal Ninth’s assumed anti-gun inclination.


9 posted on 04/20/2009 12:35:44 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: americanophile

Judges or no judges, this is really very simple. The 2nd amendment is the most vitally important of the Constitution, for without it, the rest of the document is rendered meaningless. The founders drafted the 2nd amendment in order to make certain that the people could defend themselves from and eventually overthrow a tyrannical state. Should that ability be lost due the loss of the amendment itself, our rights will be forfeit to criminal politicians. The point—any court/legislative body which overturns the 2nd amendment must be overthrown and removed from power. See! Pretty simple, huh?


12 posted on 04/20/2009 12:41:47 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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