Comments on: Supreme Court Revisits Second Amendment

Hotly Anticipated Washington D.C. Gun Ban Case Goes Before Justices

[gunownerdan]

"The NRA is committed to constitutional rights. While most people think of us as focused on firearms, we are rather more focused on freedom. Yes, we concentrate on the Second Amendment, but the Second Amendment is about liberty. It''s an insurance policy for all of your constitutional rights. The purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure that you have the ability to protect your life, liberty and property, and those of your loved ones, against any who would try to take them from you. That includes your freedom to speak, worship, protest and vote. It includes the things you hold most dear."
- Sandy Froman, former NRA president

[generey]

The court has not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment in the 216 years since its ratification.

There is no interpretation. It say''s what it say''s.

[omega39-2009]

This issue has caused division within the Bush administration, with Vice President *** Cheney taking a harder line than the administration''s official position at the court.

As much as I dislike Richard Cheney, you have to admire his solution to an over population of lawyers.

[bhappy2-2]

If the Supreme Court decides the second amendment is a right of the state, not an individual, then the first(for peaceable assembly), fourth (unreasonable search and seizure)and tenth (delegation of powers) will be taken soon; they are each written as "of the people", not specifying who "the people" are. Then, all those who want the guns banned will have no problem giving up "their" rights, since the gun owners will not be able to defend the rights of ANYONE.

[gunownerdan]

"Tyrants from Hitler to Mao to Stalin have sought to disarm their own citizens, for the simple reason that unarmed people are easier to control. Our Founders, having just expelled the British army, knew that the right to bear arms serves as the guardian of every other right. This is the principle so often ignored by both sides in the gun control debate. Only armed citizens can resist tyrannical government."
-- Congressman Ron Paul, June 27, 2006