Federal Court Upholds D.C. Hand Gun Ban

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[Dead Corpse]

HOLD THE F*CKING PHONE!

This a$$-clown is a BUSH APPOINTEE?

@$#%(& @#(%^& @@()%^&@@)!#$*$%)@#($#$^$^^&@!^!!!!

[Travis McGee]

I'd like to do something like this first, on a mass scale.

Anybody who is good at photoshop might want to take a try at creating an image for a sticker similar to this one. This traditional "Navy Jack" flag has flown on the bow of every USN warship since 9-11 (without the rifle of course.)

Other rifles could be substituted, such as scoped hunting rifles, Garands, M-14s, full-stock AR-15s, whatever.

These would make great car stickers. Even if you simply print them at home and tape them inside your back window down low, they can be very visible and effective in making our point. We need to show our numbers, this might be a way. "Sore-Loserman" showed how effective home-printing can be at disseminating an image nationwide.

To make the point clearly to the obtuse sheeple at the red light behind you, perhaps the sticker could also say "THE SECOND AMENDMENT" or "KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" or such across the top, in the same print as the "DONT TREAD ON ME" across the bottom.

Thousands or possibly almost millions of these on cars and other places could make a difference. Paint the dispute in sharp relief, show what the stakes are to millions of Americans.

[Durus]

Walton, Reggie B.
Born 1949 in North Charleroi, PA

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin; Confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 2001, and received commission on September 24, 2001.

Education:
West Virginia State College, B.A., 1971

American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1974

Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, PA, 1974-1976
Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, 1976-1981
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989
Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991
Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, The White House, 1991
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001

Race or Ethnicity: African American

Gender: Male

[Dead Corpse]

No idea. But that section of the Declaration of Independacne is looking pretty applicable right about now.

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

[blau993]

The Supreme Court has not seemed anxious to take a Second Amendment case, and perhaps that is a good thing, given the present composition (pun intended) of the court.

That said, one of the traditional ways of getting the Supreme Court to take a case is to demonstrate that there is a "split in the circuits," i.e., one or more circuit courts has taken position X and one or more circuit courts has taken position Y, and X and Y are directly opposite positions. The Supreme Court is supposed to issue the definitive ruling in such situations.

We have a split in the circuits now on interpretation of the Second Amendment -- Fifth Circuit versus Ninth Circus. It is not strictly a numbers game, but if the DC Circuit could weigh in with the Fifth on the side of an individual right, that could be a big plus. The DC Circuit is well regarded and is often used as a parking lot for future Supreme Court justices. Their view on a subject such as this would be taken seriously.

[Dead Corpse]

Independance. I'm so PO'ed that I can't even type straight.

[ought-six]

Sic semper tyrannis!

[Dead Corpse]

We already tried that with Silveria V Lockyer. The USSC refused to hear it. It brought up just such an issue (9th V 5th).

As I keep maintaining, the system is irrevocably broken.

[Itzlzha]

Power, once given up must be TAKEN back. Vote them out. Impeach them. Drive them out of town on a rail. Tar and feathers need to come back in vogue. In the more extreme cases, calling up the local militia may in fact be necessary.

I'm In! I've been saying this all along, but we seem to have a plethora of Kool-Aid drinkers that are CINO's, and wear slave collars to a party rather than live by the principles outlined in the Constitution!

A FReeper on another thread had a quote by General Washington...allow me to "Steal" it and post it here!

"If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disbelieve, how can we afterwards defend our work? It is our task to raise a standard to which the wise and honest may repair, recognizing that the event is in the hands of God." – George Washington, 1787

[ought-six]

"...they're just waiting for the right time to tell us peasants that they're collecting them all."

Then all I have to say is this: Remember Concord and Lexington.

[ought-six]

One of the founders of the ACLU was dyed-in-the-wool socialist Norman Thomas. He was an anti-gunner from the day he first crawled out of the primordial slime and slithered onto land.

[Centurion2000]

Walton ruled that the Second Amendment is not a broad-based right of gun ownership.

And this dumba$$ passed the bar exam ?

[FFIGHTER]

"Judge Reggie B. Walton was born on February 8, 1949, in Donora, Pennsylvania. Judge Walton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia State College and his Juris Doctor degree from The American University, Washington College of Law.

Judge Walton served as a Staff Attorney in the Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1974 to 1976. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1976 to 1981 and also served as the Executive Assistant United States Attorney for that office from 1980 to 1981.

Judge Walton was appointed as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He served as the Deputy Presiding Judge of the Superior Court's Criminal Division from 1986 to 1989.

In 1989, Judge Walton was appointed by President George H.W. Bush as the Associate Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President. Judge Walton served in this position until 1991, when he was named by President Bush as the Senior White House Advisor for Crime.

Judge Walton was reappointed to the Superior Court bench by President Bush in 1991. Judge Walton served as the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court's Domestic Violence Unit in 2000. Since January 1, 2001, Judge Walton has served as the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court's Family Division.

Judge Walton has been active in legal education throughout his professional career. Currently, he serves as a faculty member at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, as an instructor at the Harvard University Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop, and as a faculty member with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. "
Source: http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/waltonbio.htm

[ought-six]

Good grief, who the hell would want to live in a piss-hole like DC anyway?

[NRA2BFree]

Bad news ping!

[Mr. Mojo]

And surprise surprise .....the judge is a Bush appointee.

[ought-six]

"I hate it when judges don't seem to be able to follow the LAW."

Where the hell have you been? Judges haven't been following the law for decades, ever since FDR stacked the federal courts with his socialist cronies! The judiciary is pregnant with activist judges from the Left. That is what is so funny about the Dims filibustering GWB's court nominees by calling them "activists," and saying they don't want activist judges on the bench. The Dims ADORE activist judges, and insist on and demand them...but ONLY if they are activist leftist judges! Sic semper tyrannis!

[Noumenon]

Hardly a surprise for those of us who've paying atention. We'll this and many other questiosn over the course of the next American Civil War. Even a casual look at the level of vicious, irrational hate pouring out of the Left - which ratchets up, day by day - suggests that 2004 may be the year it starts.

BTW, which ZZ Top album is that photo from? 'Sharp Shooting Man'?

[ought-six]

"Soap Box. Ballot Box. Jury Box. All failures. Only one box left... it worked with the King and is our last hope for a restoration of our Freedoms."

I hate to see it, but I'm afraid you are probably right.