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To: jmaroneps37

You people are all too negative. No, Heller didn’t say that every person has the right to be provided with a full auto at government expense at birth, but it did make the extremely important ruling that the 2nd is a fundamental right. The particulars will be decided as time goes on, just as with the civil rights cases starting 5 1/2 decades ago. One salami slice at a time, just like the antis got us. This is not going to be an overnight thing.

Note that there is currently a suit against Chicago, asserting that it is violating the 2nd, and asserting that the 2nd applies to it via incorporation (courtesy of the 14th). It is being brought by the same attorney who won Heller, Gura. It is a simple yes or no question: does the 2nd apply to states and their subdivisions (i.e. cities) via the 14th? Here’s a link to the site: http://www.chicagoguncase.com/


14 posted on 03/24/2009 6:32:50 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (Tyrant-wannabee: "Spartans, lay down your weapons." Free man: "Persian, come and get them!")
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To: Ancesthntr

Either way, it’s a win-win in the Chicago case.

Even if Daley keeps ignoring Heller, he is only asserting that the federal gov’t has little or no power over the states. For the states to recognize this is what the DC elite are scared of.


15 posted on 03/24/2009 6:35:39 AM PDT by webstersII
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To: Ancesthntr
It is a simple yes or no question: does the 2nd apply to states and their subdivisions (i.e. cities) via the 14th?

My bet is the Court will put on its two faced "selective incorporation doctrine" and say that the right of the States to form an orderly militia says no, just like they did with Kelo.

20 posted on 03/24/2009 7:42:20 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Time to waterboard that teleprompter and find out what it knows.)
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