In this article written by Robert Barnes in the Washington Post. He discusses the ruling that the Supreme Court made over the D.C. gun ban. It was shot down in a 5 to 4 vote over the matter. With Justice Antonin Scalia defending the decision made by the majority and Justice John Paul Stevens leading the opposing view. The battle that per seeded between the two was both dismissive and caustic. Scalia made a 64 page opinion in which 56 of those pages viewed the historical context behind the ratification of the 2nd amendment. Stevens also came out with 46 page opinion in which he rebutted Scalia. The battle between the two that persisted after was basically just a line battle. Line by line the argued with one another till it finally end with neither on top. This ruling will be the foundation upon which all other gun laws will be held. That is why it was such an uproar, because every politician is freaked out about the possibilty of raving lunatics running around with guns. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!, they are already out there!
With the ruling that was made, several D.C. officials were disappointed and said that they will just put such heavy regulations on guns that it will be just like having a gun ban.
Really? Come on! I still do not see the problem with letting people carry guns. Ok just because you put these restrictions out there does not mean a thing. Yes a law abiding citizen will contend with the rule. Yet what about the people who break the rules, do you honestly think that give a care about your silly little restrictions? The only reason that these people probably dont have guns themselves, or even have the opinion to regulate them, is because they most likely all live in a gated community with a whole squad of guards at the gate. We should experiment with them and let them live in an apartment in the middle of a city. Now when the thugs come to steal from them, lets see if they want to regulate guns then!
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First off there's a typo joe (rhymed) the post says "you think that give a care", just lettin you know joe (rhymed again). I agree with what your sayin though, putting gun laws in place to stop people that break the law just does not make sense. It would be funny to see the "big wigs" in the ghetto though. That would make it to youtube ("The rich turned *****, now who wants a gun?").
ReplyDeleteIf there were gun bans across the U.S. it wouldn't matter if you put them in the ghetto or not...In fact, Dustin, have you ever been to the ghetto? I mean, you probably wouldn't make it either..Just throwing that out there. I think if they had more laws to regulate guns it might not be that terrible. Yeah, you can argue that even if something is illegal people will still do it. But the point is guns don't accomplish much. Hunting, I get it. Protection, as a woman I'm for protection, but when a guy comes an robs me at gun point, or kills someone just because, that isn't prtection. So why is it that gun laws are bad?
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