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Supreme Court Appears Ready to Back an Individual’s Right to Bear Arms

By mpinkeyes 260 days ago from http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com

On March 16th I wrote this post about the supreme court hearing a case about gun control in Washington D.C. This is a very important case on the second amendment as the supreme court is going to rule on whether individuals have the right to bear arms, or if the amendment only applies to state militias.

The court heard the

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Supreme Court to Hear Gun Control Case This Week

By mpinkeyes 262 days ago from http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com

This week offers the first real test of what I believe will be President Bush’s most important legacy. Long after President Bush has left office, and long after the Iraq war, his lasting impression will be that of his supreme court nominations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sam Alito.

This week the supreme court

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More on the Supreme Court’s Washington DC Gun Control Decision

By mpinkeyes 260 days ago from http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com

The supreme court heard arguments today on Washington D.C.’s handgun ban. As I wrote about here, it appears that the supreme court is ready to rule that an individual does have the right to keep and bear arms. Opponents believe the second amendment applies only to state militias. Today’s apparent decision is a victory, however

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Anti-Guns campaigner stabbed to death | Fit to be Fried

By semperfried76 185 days ago from http://www.semperfried.com

This is a story of an elderly woman in England who had campaigned for many years for gun-control. This weekend it was found that she had been stabbed to death in her own home. While tragic, the irony of this situation should not escape anyone. This post also includes another story of a similar elderly woman out in east Texas, (

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Heller vs. DC 2nd Amendment upheld

By bsd13 160 days ago from http://www.ablogaboutnothing.com

The 2nd amendment has been upheld after over 200 years of deafening silence on the issue by the supreme court. That's the good news. The bad news is that it was barely upheld. A 5-4 vote is not a reason to rest easy and think there is smooth sailing ahead. If your interpretation of the 2nd amendment is the same as mine and you

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Is Barack Obama Banning Gun Owners from his Transition Team?

By mpinkeyes 19 days ago from http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com

Much has been made about president-elect Barack Obama’s stance in the second amendment on the blogs, including here. Between the questionnaire that Obama filled out when running for the Illinois senator, to the fact that Barack Obama was actually the director of an organization that actively tried to ban all rights of the peopl

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