Subject: GRNC Update 6-27-08: DC v Heller - Let the Lawsuits Begin!
From: nyreg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:16:19 -0600
Grass Roots North Carolina(r), P.O. Box 10684, Raleigh, NC 27605
919-664-8565, www.grnc.org, GRNC Alert Hotline: (919) 562-4137
GRNC Update 6-27-08:
DC v Heller - Let the Lawsuits Begin!
Second Amendment Battle Far From Over
"We start therefore with a strong presumption that the Second
Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all
Americans." - from the majority opinion written by Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia.
From GRNC President Paul Valone:
By now, most of you have begun celebrating the landmark decision
handed down for the Second Amendment in District of Columbia v.
Heller. Finding for the plaintiff, the Supreme Court struck down both
D.C.'s virtual ban on gun owner****p and its draconian mandatory gun
storage law.
No longer will you have to endure decades-long propaganda from
Handgun Control et al. that you don't have a right to keep and bear
arms, or that the Second Amendment denotes a "collective right" of
states to form militias such as the National Guard.
Okay, go ahead and gloat (just a little)
Yes, some of the quotes from the opposition are priceless: Whining
for the minority, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote: that the majority
"would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a
choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wi****ng to
regulate civilian uses of weapons."
Then, of course, the presidential candidates immediately jumped onto
the band wagon, especially Barack Obama, who insists that he really
didn't just discover this as a brand new right: "I have always
believed that the Second Amendment protects the rights of individuals
to bear arms, but..." (Behind that "but," of course, hides the usual
litany of gun control.)
But most amusing was the "New York Times," where the concept of gun
laws being unconstitutional is so utterly alien (and threatening) that
the newspaper issued a "new locution alert" before pondering whether
certain gun laws might pass "Second Amendment muster." Like parental
warnings before dirty movies, The Gray Lady apparently felted
compelled to protect the tender sensibilities of its readers.
Celebration's over: Back to work
They say every party needs a pooper, and that would be me.
The bad news is that there is plenty the Court didn't say, and plenty
that it indicated could pass constitutional muster, including
concealed handgun bans, and possibly licensing and registration. Most
significant was the Court's failure to advocate a "strict scrutiny"
standard by which to judge other gun laws.
So large are the loopholes, in fact, that "USA Today" continues to
slather for new gun laws: "...nothing the court said should stop the
push for limits that will still be legal under the new framework"
which, according to the paper, could include legislation to shut down
gun shows, drive gun dealers out of business and ban semi-automatic
firearms.
Suffice to say that three things are obvious: First, litigation will
be required to determine the scope of "acceptable" gun laws; second,
the vast majority of what is currently on the books will stay that
way; and third, gun control advocates will continue trying to make
your right to keep and bear arms little more than a theoretical
concept.
In this election year, DO NOT LET DOWN YOUR GUARD!
Armatissimi e liberissimi,
F. Paul Valone
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