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Old 03-09-2007, 03:59 PM   #1
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Federal apeals court turns over D.C. handgun ban

A federal appeals court overturned a 30+year ban on ownership of a handgun in Washington D.C.today on second ammendment rights.It will be apealed to the supreme court but I believe they already ruled on the second ammendment and cant overrule this.I am just jubilant. samuel.
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Old 03-09-2007, 04:05 PM   #2
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Tentatively, I'm with you on this good news, Samuel. We'll wait and see what happens.
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Old 03-09-2007, 07:21 PM   #3
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Actually, the Supreme Court is the only court in the land that isn't bound by precedent, even its own. It can overturn one of its earlier rulings any time it wants, although it seldom does. What it usually does instead is refine, narrow or broaden an earlier one.

We may not want the Court sticking too much to precedent; in 1943 it said, "Apparently, then, under the Second Amendment, the federal government can limit the keeping and bearing of arms by a single individual as well as by a group of individuals, but it cannot prohibit the possession or use of any weapon which has any reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia."
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Old 03-09-2007, 09:34 PM   #4
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Yeah,let's wait and see,but don't hold your breath,dam politicians never like to lose a law or a tax.
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Old 03-10-2007, 08:19 AM   #5
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Just a thought.....what if the high courts were made up of children? At least young children are generally inclined to be honest!
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That would be interesting. Sounds like a great idea for a movie or book.

I'm actually reading one that isn't exactly that but has a similar idea.
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