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As most of you have probably already heard:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200..._guns

What is mind numbing is the rhetoric coming from the Cable News Media. American Rifleman two months ago took on the issue by picking apart the argument gun grabbers use. Was interesting to hear the same views expressed on NBC Nightly News. It was almost as if my American Rifleman was a playbook.



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This one is gonna be interesting.

I was talking to someone about this and their take is that if the court rules that its an individual right, then all the bans and state rules and regs could be struck down.

I mean it probably would never happen, but it *could* happen if the court rules that its an individual right and not the domain of the state.


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Anti Defamation League wrote:“The League urged the Court to ensure that states retain the ability to keep guns out of the hands of ‘violent bigots.’” Glen S. Lewy, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, noted, “If states lose the right to regulate firearm ownership, it would help violent bigots in their efforts to create an America based on hate and intolerance. We urge the Supreme Court to ensure that states have the tools to counter these agents of hate.”
http://www.nraila.org/Legislat...=3387

Well it appears that the District of Columbia v. Heller has gotten ugly. I guess it was bound to happen. But labeling lawful gun owners as violent bigots? wow!

Also, not sure how the ruling of the DC gun ban being unconstitutional would put guns in the hands of children. The whole statement is dripping with untruths.
ADL wrote: This case is about allowing states to protect their citizens' lives, liberty and property by regulating the purchase and possession of firearms.

Gun violence and the caching of dangerous weapons are commonplace among extremists. If states lose the right to regulate firearm ownership, it would help violent bigots in their efforts to create an America based on hate and intolerance. We urge the Supreme Court to ensure that states have the tools to counter these agents of hate.

We are also deeply concerned about the possession and use of firearms by children. The Court must permit states to keep guns out of the hands of those who would bring violence to our schools.

The regulation of firearms is a rational response to these twin evils and is consistent with the Second Amendment's call for a well-regulated militia.

This case, District of Columbia v Heller, will determine – for the first time in over 60 years – whether the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to firearms for private use.

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ugh....

that makes my head hurt with stupid.

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if you take the guns away from people the only people that will have them is the people that shouldn't have guns...

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yup...I don't know what's so hard to grasp about it...

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USsil80 wrote:if you take the guys away from people the only people that will ahve them is the people that shouldn't have guns...
They aren't taking my guns.

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Nismo_Freak wrote:
They aren't taking my guns.
They can have mine, but I'm giving them the ammunition first.

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the government fears an armed populace. It's basic and transparent.


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