NOW THATS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE!!!!

[beevul]

Supreme Court's Gun Ban Decision Likely to Spark New Round of Court Battles
Thursday, June 26, 2008




The decision also made strange bedfellows of some Republicans and Democrats who frequently are on opposite sides on other issues.

Liberal Democratic Sens. Patrick Leahy and Russ Feingold both praised the court's ruling. So did more centrist Democrat Sen. Jon Tester of Montana. Tester stood alongside conservative Republican Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Orrin Hatch at a brief news conference outside the court that sits across from the Capitol.

"The Supreme Court has recognized the personal right to bear arms, guaranteed in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, and expressly held for the first time that our Bill of Rights includes this right among its guarantees of individual liberty and freedom. That is a good thing," said Leahy, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman.

"I am very pleased the Supreme Court finally recognized that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms. This is an important decision for millions of law-abiding gun owners. Public safety must be ensured without depriving our citizens of their constitutional rights," Feingold, of Wisconsin, said.

"This is a great day for the country, for the Constitution, for the people to affirm the fact that we have a right to keep and bear arms, regardless of where you live, whether it's in rural Montana where I come from, or whether it's in Washington, D.C.," Tester said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372283,00.html

(excuse for a moment the fox link)


I urge all of you, to share your appreciation and enthusiasm with Senators Leahy, Feingold, Tester, etc.

They hear about it all the time when they do things Americans don't like or agree with, and likewise, they equally deserve to hear praises in a situation such as this, as well.

[slackmaster]

1. Wow, recommended!

:kick:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. That's how it's supposed to work

And, in the long run, a ruling like this strengthens the right to privacy cited in Roe v. Wade.

It's a good decision. The DC law was awful, very badly drafted.

[Mountainman]

3. I am afraid this is going to be a liberal vs conservative issue more than ever before.

Conservatives use it to win elections because they believe liberals want to take their guns away and many of us do want to take their guns away. I'm sure that has been voiced here at DU today. Many more of us own guns and so this isn't a liberal litmus test to want to ban guns. It is an extreme position that we should have no part of just as the right should not let fundies run their party.

[Spoonman]

4. Highly recomend

[jpak]

5. The GOP Court strikes again 5:4 same as before

:popcorn:

[TomClash]

6. Be careful what you wish for

you just might get it, as the old maxim goes.

[virginia mountainman]

8. Someone should have told..

Mayor Feinty, and the DC Council that, when they appealed the lower courts ruling all the way to the Supreme Court..

I bet those his name is mud, over at the "Brady Campaign".....LOL

[AlinPA]

7. Does this mean that all gun control laws are struck down?

[virginia mountainman]

9. No

Most will survive, but out right bans on commonly held firearms is out..

I also doubt that any so called "Assault" rifle ban will stand up to that ruling

[AlinPA]

11. Why? The way it reads to me anyone can acquire one. So background checks are out?

[virginia mountainman]

12. Short answer, NO..

Just out right bans, on guns in your home is.

Read the ruling, all your qestions will be answered..

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf

[beevul]

10. No, not at all. N/T.

[davepc]

13. K&R