http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/parker/ en-us Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:21:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091809/posts <p>WASHINGTON–A conservative columnist who welcomed Sarah Palin's entry in national politics says she's proven to be a dud and should step aside as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate.</p> <p>Kathleen Parker, writing in the National Review Online, says her "cringe reflex is exhausted" after watching the Alaska governor stumble through TV interviews and it's become clear to her that Palin is out of her league.</p> The Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091809/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:21:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063786/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man whose lawsuit overturned Washington's handgun ban has successfully registered his revolver, ending a more than 30-year wait to keep the weapon in his home. Dick Heller walked out of D.C. police headquarters Monday, clutching a yellow firearms registration certificate stamped "approved." He gave the thumbs-up sign, grinned and said, "Victory!" Heller was among the first people to seek a gun permit under new rules adopted after the Supreme Court struck down the city's 32-year-old handgun ban in June. Heller was the plaintiff in that case. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063786/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039295/posts The director of the FBI is not happy with the Supreme Court's recent handgun ruling. Robert Mueller says he tends to believe that "weapons harm people, and more often than not they harm the people carrying them." Mueller said the high court's decision, which threw out a handgun ban in Washington, D.C., "does throw a lot of things up in the air." Mueller said communities will now have to decide their own licensing programs. Mueller was speaking at a convention of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators in Hartford, Connecticut. He says with his grandchildren going to college,... kwtx.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039295/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037148/posts Liberals, who hate guns almost as much as they hate cars, got a well-deserved lesson in Second Amendment rights when the Supreme Court spit in their face by ruling that the Constitution really does guarantee the right of Americans to own guns. The ruling, which struck down the District of Columbia’s laws almost totally restricting handgun ownership, affirmed the traditional view that the Second Amendment means exactly what it says when it guarantees "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." The avid gun-grabbers have long insisted that the accompanying clause, “A well regulated militia being necessary to... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037148/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036857/posts On Today's Show Rep. 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The EIB Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036747/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:22:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036853/posts In the most important decision about the Second Amendment in the history of the United States, the Supreme Court today released its decision today, affirming the simple-but-monumental fact that this vital piece of the Bill of Rights guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. Of course, this is the Heller case -- the D.C. gun ban case, if you prefer. In Washington, D.C., handguns are banned, and citizens there are prohibited from having any functional firearm in their homes, even for self-defense. In a well-planned lawsuit challenging that ban on the basis of the Second Amendment, attorney Alan... Gun Talk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036853/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:31:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036831/posts (CNSNews.com) - In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday made its first definitive pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history by ruling that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense and hunting. In the court's majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia said the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes. But while a person has a constitutional right to own guns, that new right is not unlimited, Scalia wrote. The Supreme Court's last review of the Second Amendment --... CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036831/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036826/posts NEWS FROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS 900 R.R. 620 S Suite C101, Box 228 Lakeway, TX 78734 World Wide Web: http://www.2asisters.org ============================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06/26/2008 ============================== For additional information contact: Marinelle Thompson, President & Founder Phone: 877-271-6216 E-mail: mthompson@2asisters.org ============================== Lakeway, TX – SAS Applauds the Supreme Court Decision in DC vs HellerMarinelle Thompson, President and Founder, states “Second Amendment Sisters applauds the ruling by the Supreme Court today that the Second Amendment declares the right to bear arms to be a personal right, and not a collective right. We will now continue to work toward removing all... Second Amendment Sisters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036826/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:41:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036785/posts Republican Presidential Candidate Singles Out Chicago In Statement Praising Supreme Court Ruling - Gun Rights Ruling May Change Chicago Law - ARLINGTON, Va. (CBS) ― U.S. Sen. John McCain said Thursday that the Supreme Court ruling in favor of gun ownership showed that the Chicago handgun ban has "infringed on the constitutional rights of Americans." The presumptive Republican presidential nominee called the ruling a "landmark victory for Second Amendment freedom in the United States." "For the first time in the history of our Republic, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was... cbs2chicago.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036785/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:49:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036473/posts The U.S. Supreme Court today did not release its long-awaited ruling on whether the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. That means the potentially landmark decision will almost certainly come tomorrow morning when the court is planning to issue the last of its rulings for the term............." The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036473/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036247/posts The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on whether Washington, D.C.'s decades-old handgun ban is constitutional. It's been nearly 70 years since the high court has heard a firearms case that tests the scope of the Second Amendment. The outcome of this one, D.C. v. Heller, will have extraordinary implications —- not just for the District, but for the ability of cities to respond effectively to gun violence. If more evidence is needed that the stakes could not be higher, a steady drumbeat of headlines is supplying it. In the first few days of March alone, just before the justices... ajc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036247/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:09:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2036148/posts A decision in Heller vs. The District, the landmark Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court, will be announced tomorrow. RELATED LINKS: Heller Will Win Big In June. How Big? Leibowitz's Canticle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2036148/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035162/posts There is very little information that can be gleaned with confidence about the authorship of the remaining opinions from the Term. It does look exceptionally likely that Justice Scalia is writing the principal opinion for the Court in Heller – the D.C. guns case. That is the only opinion remaining from the sitting and he is the only member of the Court not to have written a majority opinion from the sitting. There is no indication that he lost a majority from March. His only dissent from the sitting is for two Justices in Indiana v. Edwards. So, that’s a... SCOTUSblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035162/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034110/posts The Supreme Court’s next scheduled opinion day, Monday, June 16, could yield a decision in the landmark Second Amendment case of D.C. v. Heller. My guess is that we’ll see Heller on or after June 23, at the very end of the Term. I guess that simply because Heller is the biggest case of the year, it raises wide-open constitutional issues, and it was argued late in the Term, in mid-March. Either way, here are key points to look for when the opinions arrive. As you’ll see, many of them only come into play if a majority of the Court... Concurring Opinions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034110/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033509/posts In its first comprehensive look at the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the Supreme Court is expected to rule next week on the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns. The District of Columbia's ban is considered the nation's strictest gun-control law. A ruling by the court to strike it down could threaten other gun-control measures across the country, including laws that ban machine guns or assault weapons. Although the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791, the court has never definitively said what it means to have the right to keep and bear arms. The current dispute over gun... NPR.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033509/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:33:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032824/posts This month, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide District of Columbia v. Heller, the most important Second Amendment case in the court's history. More than five years ago, six Washington, D.C., residents challenged the constitutionality of the city's 32-year ban on all functional firearms in the home. If the challenge is successful, it will mean the court has revisited and perhaps reversed United States v. Miller, the second most important Second Amendment case in the court's history. For nearly seven decades, gun controllers and gun rights advocates alike have struggled to apply the murky doctrines propounded by Justice... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032824/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032417/posts The Supreme Court's upcoming decision in a Washington, D.C. handgun ban case could potentially nullify thousands of gun laws on the books. The case stems from a security guard who was denied a request to keep a firearm in his District residence for self-protection.Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty recently said that the District's handgun ban "has saved many lives since 1976 and will continue to do so if allowed to remain in force." How does he measure that? The truth is that murder by handguns has gone up substantially in the District since the handgun ban was passed. I wonder... FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032417/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031843/posts Most Americans believe that owning a gun is the right of every citizen. According to a Gallup poll, 73 percent of the U.S. public believe that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to gun ownership. Therefore the Heller decision, which is expected any day now, could play a pivotal role in the 2008 presidential campaign. Former Ohio Secretary of State-turned-pundit Kenneth Blackwell calls it "the Roe v. Wade" of gun rights and suggests that the case (and its results) will ripple beyond District borders to impact "90 million American gun owners." It was six D.C. residents, fed up with... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031843/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:13:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031641/posts Tomorrow is Monday, US Supreme Court is expected to hand down more decision with 17 still pending. Will it happen tomorrow? What do you think it might say? Will they take a cheap way out and just uphold the lower court without comment? Will they hand us some unbelievably complicated ruling that will only serve to muddy the waters further? Will it be the golden STFU ruling we need to hand the liberals and the anti-gunner types their collective heads? All bets are on! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031641/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:31:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030335/posts The nation's leading gun control group filed a "friend of the court" brief back in January defending the gun ban in Washington, D.C. But with the Supreme Court poised to hand down a potentially landmark decision in the case, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence fully expects to lose. "We've lost the battle on what the Second Amendment means," campaign president Paul Helmke told ABC News. "Seventy-five percent of the public thinks it's an individual right. Why are we arguing a theory anymore? We are concerned about what we can do practically." While the Brady Campaign is waving the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030335/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:01:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025365/posts However, Public Still Favors Stricter Gun Control ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning the Second Amendment expected at some point this month, The Harris Poll® finds that by a margin of over two to one, more U.S. adults believe that the Second Amendment supports an individual’s right to bear arms. Furthermore, the survey also finds that more of the U.S. public continues to favor stricter gun control. However, concerning the impact on the election, the public seems to be split on which presidential candidate would do a better job handling gun control. These are the... BUSINESS WIRE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025365/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021898/posts The Supreme Court is meeting to issue opinions and announce whether it has accepted any new cases. Major cases still undecided include the rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., and whether people convicted of raping children can be given the death penalty. The court's term ends in late June. The Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021898/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 14:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013011/posts May 5th, 2008; Washington Township, NJ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Robert Kreisler In a stunning first-of-its-kind announcement, the New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense (NJCSD) predicts that the Supreme Court Of The United States (SCOTUS) will confirm an individual right interpretation of the 2nd Amendment in Heller vs. DC, foreshadowing an end to decades of acrimonious debate over the meaning of what is widely considered to be a core principle for many Americans. Using an advanced market research method known as a KJ analysis (named after its creator, Kawakita Jiro) a team of five analysts independently reviewed the statements... New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013011/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 14:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997639/posts The Second Amendment is only 27 words long — the same as this paragraph — yet the United States Supreme Court has never fully explained what the words mean. That may change in June, as could the legal landscape and political strategies of gun-rights advocates. The court that month is expected to rule on the constitutionality of a handgun ban in Washington, D.C. In reviewing the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a majority of justices have signaled a willingness to accept that the Second Amendment guarantees law-abiding Americans an “individual right” to own firearms — not just the... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997639/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:15:07 GMT