The Right to Bear Arms - A Fundemental, Individual Right
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has overturned the now infamous DC gun ban and ruled that the right to gun ownership in an individual right. GOP Presidential candidate John McCain applauded the court’s decision affirming a “fundamental right”.
As usual, there are loopholes in the decision. The court left room for “reasonable regulation” of firearms. Future legislation and court decisions will have to flesh out the affects of this decision. Hopefully, there will be a quick challenge to New York City’s draconian gun laws. In a city where every criminal has a gun and very few law-abiding citizens are afforded the right, a quick challenge could decrease crime there as it has in “right-to-carry” states such as Virginia, Florida and Texas.
In a discussion on FOXNews, George Washington University professor Jonathan Turley claimed that this was a once in a lifetime event. Today we “witnessed the creation of an individual right”. Prof. Turley is mistaken. That right has existed since the adoption of the Bill of Rights (I would argue before) and what we witnessed today was a bare majority of the highest court in the land affirming one of our most precious freedoms.
I don’t know how old Turley is, but he must be a youngster. I’ve witnessed the invention of quite a few “individual rights” by the Warren and Burger courts and I’m only 47 years old.
For continuing, up to date coverage check out SCOTUS Blog and Reason Magazines’s blog.
cross posted at Red Maryland
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OH, THIS IS NOTHING! Next Step? Will be when I am subpeona’d for my testimony on my past 30+ years as an US Army “Manchurian Candidate Study” subject.
(Go to http://www.rickhyatt.freeservers.com to see just how immersed I AM in this espionage business - Hope you have Piclens, for I’ve got PHOTOS of past major spies I have known long-term along this line you won’t believe!)
That is to say, my own mission as a “Sleeper,” totally controlled, of course, by the FBI and (Double-Blind, unknowingly) “Social(ist) Services,” was to “Act up” (Utilizing special psychological and physical attributes such as clinical hypnosis and Celiac’s Disease, which causes reversible neopathy) to the degree that I became “One of those who shouldn’t own a gun… and thusly influence on-going anti-gun legislation. I was successful in helping Maui Waiver Form 2036 (Allowing the corrupt politicians to search a gun applicant’s ENTIRE LIFE’S medical, sexual etc. files) and then exploit same for political purposes on Maui. Coming then here to Wyoming, hearing of my “Reputation” they specially whipped up our Concealed Carry Permit Restriction, for such “ a person like me… Then, when I passed the NCIC, etc., and got a Florida Permit, valid here, they passed a special law - JUST FOR ME- ILLEGAL AS HELL - Such that it could not be used here, as examples.
My “Behavioral Programming?” To act unnaturally conservative, pro-Constitutional, openly Patriotic, and to be vocal about it. Be “Dumbed Down” from the Celiac’s by eating bread and drinking beer. Couldn’t have made a better target and/or “Dummy” for the Liberals to use as an “Example.”
Now… Since so many anti-gun laws are based on the acts of the Columbine, Post Office, Mall otherwise-untraceable (By the APA, anyway) “Sleepers” (As myself), then how can ANY OF THOSE LAWS BE VALID AT ALL?
“Telling the truth during times of universal deceit will be a revolutionary act.” George Orwell, “1984″