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To: Leaning Right
Take heart...there may be hope.A couple of years ago the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld a law forbidding the possession of stun guns because given that they didn't exist at the time of the Bill Of Rights' adoption and because they're not suitable for use by the militia the right to possess them isn't covered by the 2nd Amendment.

The case went all the way up to SCOTUS,which ruled 9-0 that stun guns are covered by the 2nd Amendment.

At one point the SCOTUS ruling classified the Massachusetts court ruling as "frivolous".

A court that can issue such a ruling can also see through an equally frivolous attack on the 1st Amendment.

In case anyone's interested the case I referred to is "Caetano v Massachusetts"

25 posted on 12/31/2017 3:34:24 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The Mass supremes in the 70’s ruled that the family and doctors of an elderly severely mentally retarded male with leukemia couldn’t make medical decisions for him. They were too emotionally involved and THE STATE could do a better job.

40 years later and they are still idiots.


43 posted on 12/31/2017 4:10:14 PM PST by lizma2
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