Justice Breyer’s remarks on guns revisionist thinking

Bowling Green Daily News (Ky) ^ | December 14, 2010 | Masthead Editorial

[Still Thinking]

Justice Breyer’s remarks on guns revisionist thinking

I don't know....."thinking" might be a little too strong.

[Inyo-Mono]

It is amazing how leftists, even on the Supreme Court, have little understanding of our county’s real history. Even a cursory reading of the history of the Revolutionary and early Republic periods shows that guns were extremely important.

[taxtruth]

Gee,I never have seen that in the 2nd amendment so I guess he has a daily talk with Mr.Madison.How cocky can a prick get in the court trying to challenge the Founders?

[americanophile]

"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." --James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46

"The right of the people to keep and bear ... arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country ..." -- James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

[neverdem]

Bingo! Nice picks!

[OneWingedShark]

“The right of the people to keep and bear ... arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country ...” — James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

Given that our arms are quite infringed/restricted, and most people would argue that is for the best (try taking your gun into a school or university and then arguing that you have the Constitutional right to do so), it stands to reason that either a) America is not using its best/most-natural defense, OR b) America is not [in reality] a free country.

More and more I am inclined to believe that ‘b’ is the true answer.

[americanophile]

Indeed.

[Gargantua]

When the Constitution was written, "well regulated" meant "well provisioned." Breyer is an assh*le, because he knows this to be true, and he lies to further his radical agenda. He should have his neck stretched after being found guilty of Treason before a jury of his betters.

;-\

[noinfringers2]

Demagogs argue that (1)’The right of the people to to keep and bear arms ...’ is buried into or preceded or defined by (2)’A well regulated militia composed of the body of the people...’. These people dismiss/deny that (1) actually by Madison’s construction(which I believe was deliberate) precedes (2) and defines which is paramount i.e.(1) and which should have results of (2).

[noinfringers2]

Demagogs argue that (1)’The right of the people to to keep and bear arms ...’ is buried into or preceded or defined by (2)’A well regulated militia composed of the body of the people...’. These people dismiss/deny that (1) actually by Madison’s construction(which I believe was deliberate) precedes (2) and defines which is paramount i.e.(1) and which should have results of (2).

[GOP Poet]

I had the (mis)fortune of sitting next to Justice Breyer at an event this year. He not only interrupted and basically co-oped the speakers discussion for himself, but also kept looking over at me to obviously get either my attention or to see if I was positively responding to him. (I am a much younger and —most likely to him as all he probably sees is the unfortunate looking, dreary, depressive liberal women—attractive woman.)

He struck me as an obvious narcissist and quite taken with himself and his lamo logic and studies. I can't imagine he would let a ‘little thing’ such as the constitution get in the way of his rulings and opinions.

[GOP Poet]

By the way the topic of the presentation I attended was NOT in Justice Breyer’s area of expertise (not even close!). Yet this did not stop him from talking the entire time about his point of view regarding the subject matter. What a self centered bore he was. Although he was positively enthusiastic about his own thoughts!! The speaker’s when he was given the opportunity to talk . . . not so much.

[Bob]

...than he was about granting individuals the right to bear arms.

Any Supreme Court justice who would use the term granting with regard to our rights should be immediately impeached for that alone.

[KarenMarie]

The best analysis/opinion I’ve heard on this was by Mark Levin. I don’t know if it is on his site, but if it is, it is worth listening to.

[Gondring]

He is right. The Founding Fathers would have wanted our citizenry to have arms that were well regulated. By this, they would have meant "made regular"--as in, sighted in properly--and with proper regulations, such as provisions for protecting the rights of The People to own arms such as muskets, pistols, rifles, cannons, etc.

Note that it was New York that provided Mr. Bevier with his cannon.

[Gondring]

Any Supreme Court justice who would use the term granting with regard to our rights should be immediately impeached for that alone.

Agreed. Will you be calling to request initiation of the process?

[Impy]

. He said historians would side with him

He's right cause historians are mostly libtarded morons like himself. Pinged historians not included. ;p

[SkyPilot]

Follow the liberal "logic" of Justice Breyer. Which statement below do you think would flip out the left?

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[IbJensen]

What a self centered bore he was.

Breyer was appointed by a self-centered bore who seldom closes his mouth.