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Justice Scalia Shares Gun Love with Justice Kagan on Hunting Trip
guns.com ^ | 26 April, 2012 | dabneybailey

Posted on 04/26/2012 1:43:37 PM PDT by marktwain

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has found himself a new enthusiastic hunting partner in fellow Justice Elena Kagan. We know what you're thinking: "Wait a second, isn't Kagan that new judge Obama appointed?" Yep, that's the one. We're just as surprised (and delighted) as you are.

We have to give some kudos to Scalia, but it looks as though we have Sen. James Risch of Idaho to ultimately thank for this fortunate turn of events. Back in 2010 when Obama nominated Kagan for the Supreme Court position, Risch asked Kagan about her views on gun rights. She admitted that she'd never fired a gun before, but made a promise to go hunting with Scalia if she were confirmed.

Kagan kept her promise and went on a hunting trip with her philosophical opposite. The pair took a quick trip to a Virginia shooting range, followed by a hunting trip in the Washington area. When asked about the experience, Kagan replied, "It turns out, it's really good fun." The pair are planning on hunting again in Montana this October.

We can't be certain if Justice Scalia was motivated by political reasons or simply by a desire to find a new hunting pal, but we're not complaining. Another Supreme Court justice discovering her newfound love of guns is music to our ears. It's all a bit ironic considering that Kagan came off as a unsympathetic to gun rights a few years ago. As it turns out, all it took to get her to change her mind about guns was to actually pick one up.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; constitution; gun; kagan
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To: HiTech RedNeck

What else would they do with the animal after they killed it?
I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.
Live and let live is my motto.


21 posted on 04/26/2012 2:04:15 PM PDT by Jennikins (We are being ruled, not governed.)
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To: Drill Thrawl

perhaps she is a little less likely to believe nonsense about it, if she does. she will discover that the gun doesn’t whisper sinister things to her at all, nor does it jump up and chase quarry down.


22 posted on 04/26/2012 2:04:26 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Jennikins

A nice bear rug and some bear steaks.


23 posted on 04/26/2012 2:05:22 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Let Kagen go hunting with Ginsburg


24 posted on 04/26/2012 2:05:38 PM PDT by tomkat (para bellum)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

[ a dyke is just a tomboy out of place? ]

Or a tomboy who was “liberally indoctrinated.”


25 posted on 04/26/2012 2:05:46 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: marktwain

I am sure she will work hard to protect “her” gun rights.


26 posted on 04/26/2012 2:06:13 PM PDT by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: Jennikins

I don’t like people who don’t like killing animals for sport and meat to offer an unsolicted personal opinion.

We are not asking you to hunt and kill (for sport or meat). Just to leave us alone. Okay?


27 posted on 04/26/2012 2:08:15 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" (my spelling is generally korrect!))
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To: Jennikins

“I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.”

I don’t know anybody who doesn’t, you do realize that all 50 states have laws in place that make it a crime to waste or leave in the field any game animal taken.


28 posted on 04/26/2012 2:09:04 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: iowamark
"the 1st Amendment has nothing to do with owning a printing press."

Or a church, or a Hall.

29 posted on 04/26/2012 2:09:45 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My exact thoughts.


30 posted on 04/26/2012 2:11:51 PM PDT by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

And she will be exposed to gun owners, and hopefully ones like I know that respect guns, animals, humans, the law, etc.; and therefore less likely to believe the nonsense about gun owners as well.


31 posted on 04/26/2012 2:12:16 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Animals are not there just for you to kill them.
They are there to live, just like you are.
A plant is entirely different. They are not breathing and living creatures like an animal.
Yes, I know they breathe too, but not like a flesh and blood animal. BTW, I do not eat meat, ever.


32 posted on 04/26/2012 2:12:16 PM PDT by Jennikins (We are being ruled, not governed.)
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To: Dusty Road; Jennikins

Yup. And not just gun hunting — I know a guy who goes hunting with bow and arrow. Got a freezer full of deerburger.


33 posted on 04/26/2012 2:13:23 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Jennikins
I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays

Move out to Missouri and you will find people with freezers full of venison, who eat quail and pheasant seasonally, whose Thanksgiving dinner is centered around a Tom that they got with a bow, and who enjoy a nice squirrel stew on a cold winter day.

Just because you don't know anyone who does it, doesn't mean that there aren't millions who do it.

34 posted on 04/26/2012 2:13:51 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Jennikins
I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.

Unless you are a vegan, someone else is doing the killing for you.

35 posted on 04/26/2012 2:14:59 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
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To: Jennikins
I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.

i do for one.
i've got a daughter who is allergic to beef, but venison and elk are fine. so a big part of why i still hunt is to get her steak and burgers.
36 posted on 04/26/2012 2:15:13 PM PDT by absolootezer0 (2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
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To: JRandomFreeper
coydog hunting

That's not "hunting".

It's "pest control".

And much more entertaining than setting a mousetrap.

37 posted on 04/26/2012 2:15:23 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: marktwain

If I were Scalia, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near Kagan when she’s carrying a gun. If she shot him, she’d claim it was an accident (like Cheney’s) and there is no way Obama would prosecute. Oops. Oh well, Obama, better appoint someone new.


38 posted on 04/26/2012 2:16:22 PM PDT by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: Dusty Road

Not entirely true. Down here in Texas killing hogs and letting them lay is allowed.


39 posted on 04/26/2012 2:17:00 PM PDT by eastforker (Don't be ornery for Romney, instead Root for Newt!)
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To: GraceG

Manly Women (lesbians) who are taught to hate things (without actually dealing with them) that are manly will actually change their minds about them if they are exposed to them in a positive manner.”

Good thing they didn’t bring Anthony Weiner...


40 posted on 04/26/2012 2:17:17 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Newt Gingrich was part of the Reagan Revolution's Murderers' Row." - Jeffrey Lord, Reagan Admin.)
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