Second Amendment Triumph: Justices Uphold Individual Right!

Second Amendment Triumph: Justices Uphold Individual Right!
Date: Jun 26, 2008 12:47 PM
June 26, 2008
Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Founder and Director
http://www.frontsight.com/free-gun.asp

The Second Amendment Means What is Says...

Dear Friend and Student of Front Sight,

My good friend Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment
Foundation told me several weeks ago when we were
discussing the upcoming Heller Decision over some cold
(soft) drinks, that he felt we would get a 5-4 decision in
favor of the Second Amendment. Alan was right.

This is a great day for gun owners and freedom.
Our forefathers are smiling from above.
Give yourself a pat on the back and then get to work!

There is still much to be done to further restore the
Second Amendment, remove unwarranted restrictions that have
been implemented over the last 60 years, and arm and train
every law abiding American citizen who wants the Comfort of
Skill at Arms.

Front Sight will not rest until we have positively changed
the image of gun ownership in our lifetimes.

Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Founder and Director
http://www.frontsight.com/free-gun.asp

Here is a News Release from my friend, Alan Gottlieb of
the Second Amendment Foundation:






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NEWS RELEASE
SECOND AMENDMENT TRIUMPH: JUSTICES UPHOLD INDIVIDUAL RIGHT!
BELLEVUE, WA - With this morning's ruling on the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, America has begun "its long march back toward liberty under a Second Amendment that means what it says," the Second Amendment Foundation said.

"Today's ruling by the Supreme Court should forever put to rest any contention that the right to keep and bear arms is not a fundamental, individual civil right," said SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb. "For six decades, anti-gun rights extremists have engaged in a monumental fraud that has been unfortunately perpetuated by activist judges who erroneously insisted that the right to keep and bear arms applies only to service in a militia.

"Wisdom and truth have triumphed over hysteria and falsehood," he continued. "This decision makes it clear that a right 'of the people' is a right enjoyed by, and affirmed for, all citizens. It destroys a cornerstone of anti-gun rights elitism, which has fostered - through years of deceit and political demagoguery - the erosion of this important civil right.

"This ruling also makes it abundantly clear that laws which ban the possession of firearms, or make it simply impossible through regulation for citizens to exercise their right to keep and bear arms, are unconstitutional and cannot stand," Gottlieb stated. "Today, America has taken a small but significant step toward restoring the Second Amendment to its proper place in our Bill of Rights.

"For too many years," he observed, "Americans have seen this fundamental civil right under constant and unrelenting attack. We are hopeful that today's decision will halt an insidious campaign for citizen disarmament through legislation and regulations that have made our neighborhoods less safe, our cities less secure and our people less self-reliant, which is the trait that has made America unique among nations.

"But this fight is hardly over," Gottlieb concluded. "Today's ruling is a stepping stone, the foundation upon which we can rebuild this important individual right. Our work has only just begun."

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