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To: Kaslin
The high court itself would have to muster seven votes to strike down "a democratically enacted law."

The cases holding that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep arms were all decided by a vote of 5-4. So under Abbott's proposal, all of those "democratically enacted" gun control laws would still be valid.

14 posted on 01/19/2016 8:09:42 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

It is TIME to DownSize DC! Close entire Rogue/Unconstitutional Departments, including their SWAT Teams.

How is that concept foreign to what Governor Abbott has proposed?

Makes a lot of sense to me.


16 posted on 01/19/2016 8:43:29 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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