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Old 07-30-2008, 10:30 AM   #15
Radar
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
Gee, that's not biased at all. [/sarcasm]


The Supreme Court ruled that handguns can't be banned. It specifically said they could be regulated but declined to say exactly how much they could be regulated. So the DC City Council, which would prefer to ban guns outright, is testing to see how far it can regulate them. It isn't ignoring anything. It's doing the exact opposite of ignoring. It's reacting to the Supreme Court's ruling. How can you be ignoring something when your actions are in direct response to that thing?
1. Our rights can't be regulated by government. Government has zero authority to define or limit our rights.

2. The Supreme court didn't say keeping bearing "handguns" was an individual right, it said "guns".

3. You are right. They aren't ignoring the Supreme Court's ruling, they are defying it.

4. All gun regulation whether it's simple registration or banning a particular type of gun is unconstitutional and a violation of our RIGHT to keep and bear any number, of any type of gun we choose.

5. A right is something you don't require permission to do. A privilege may be regulated and revoked at any time. A right can not.
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