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To: DesertRhino

Pretty much. However, I think this is a case that at least four justices will want to hear to put an end to any question about the Second Amendment being an individual right.


86 posted on 06/04/2009 7:26:35 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan
I think this is a case that at least four justices will want to hear to put an end to any question about the Second Amendment being an individual right.

I haven't read the entire Heller decision recently, but IIRC Heller did confirm that the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right. The problem now is that Heller didn't specifically cite the 2nd as a barrier to infringement by state or local authorities.

However it was a restriction on that right enacted by the D.C.'s LOCAL government, not the Federal government, that was nullified by Heller. Therefore it seems likely to me that the same Court majority will rule that the 2nd restricts the states' governments as well as the D.C.'s if and when the right case is granted certiorari. And what could be a better case for that than the NRA's appeal?

167 posted on 06/04/2009 9:55:20 AM PDT by epow ("Never take council of your fears" .....General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson)
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