"Second Wind for the Second Amendment" --from Reason Online

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"Second Wind for the Second Amendment" --from Reason Online


> http://www.reason.com/news/show/119106.html
>
> Second Wind for the Second Amendment
>
> A federal appeals court revives the right to keep and bear arms.
>
> Jacob Sullum | March 14, 2007
>
> Last week, when a federal appeals court ruled that the District of
> Columbia's gun ban violates the right to "keep and bear arms," The New
> York Times reported that the judges were "interpreting the Second
> Amendment broadly." If they had interpreted the amendment in the
> normal, mainstream way, according to the Times, they would have
> concluded that it imposes no restrictions on gun control because it
> has nothing to do with individual rights.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
> The Washington Post called this ruling "radical." I suppose it is, in
> the sense that it goes to the root of what the Framers wanted to
> protect.
>
> (c) Copyright 2007 by Creators Syndicate Inc.


The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !

Posted on Mar 15, 2007, 7:16 PM

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