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Posted on 10/03/2002 8:17:10 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
If you don't like that precedent, what do you think the Supremes would think of it? Think they would agree to such a thing? No way.
I think the DOJ purposely chose this case because they KNEW that they couldn't win it. If the Supremes decide to hear this case, there is essentially no chance that they will find that they don't have the right to review BATF activity or inactivity, especially when the BATF actions are based on foreign law. The Supremes will then have opened the door to let every two bit judge in every town restore gun rights based on judicial review.
"bad cases make bad law," goes the saying. In other words, particularly compelling fact patterns can cause courts to issue rulings that they might not have otherwise issued. Those rulings then become precedent, and change the law.
I think the DOJ is on the pro-gun rights side on this, and they're just playing a game to advance gun rights. Too bad Mr. Bean has to get caught in the middle.
You sure don"t sound like it. There is no gray area in the 2nd amendment. Like it or not, once a felon has paid his debt to society by serving his sentence and making whatever restitution is required by his sentence, then his rights should be restored...all of them.
I don't disagree with you philosophically, but if we don't uphold all of our rights, to the letter, it will lead to the kinds of "living document" interpretation that has gotten us into this mess in the first place.
There is no good reason to deny them the right to self defense.
Agreed, with one provision:
If a convicted felon regains his RKBA and is later convicted of ANY firearm related crime, he receives the death penalty .... no appeal ..... no exceptions.
Molon Labe !
Are you always so pleasant?
Then you'll never go to bat for a 2nd Amendment case. If you haven't been convicted, you can't challenge the law.
Oh,there are people in federal prisons now who have even less reason to be there than Bean. Did you know that in some states it is legal for a former felon to possess firearms? Did you know that thanks to the NRA and their RINO friends (Project Exile),the feral gooberment is now prosecuting these people who are otherwise totally legal under federal regulations that make them felons? The feds are even hiring additional prosecutors to handle the increased work load,and Bubba-2 has increased their budget so they can do this hiring.
You're right. The truth is it's not even about guns or gun rights. It's about the rights of individuals,period. NO government has the moral or legal right to deny someone the basic human right of self-defense. Is a former felon's family less worthy of being protected than your family? Is his life any less valuable to him than yours is to you?
I agree. If he forgets and walks into a bank or post office with his gun,or he has a rifle in his trunk when he's stopped for speeding or drunk driving,he and his whole family should be immediately executed. (sarcasm)
What's with you people who want the type of tool used to have any effect on crime punishment? You sound as bad as the gun-grabbers. Is a man beaten to death with a shovel any less dead than one shot with a gun?
The definition of "felony" has been extended to the point of incredulity. Consider how many are labeled "felons" for the simple practice of exercising their consitutional and natural right to keep and bear arms? In other words, if you exercise your right to keep and bear arms, except as specifically proscribed by a bewildering blizzard of federal and state laws, then you are a felon. My opinion is this: if ones does not support 2nd Amendment rights for this gentleman, then one does not support the 2nd Amendment, period.
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