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Another take on USA Today re: Heller
Shining City on a Hill has this take on Heller, and on this USA Today article.
The USA Today piece points out an interesting cultural rift: 73% of the American public believes it has an individual right to arms, but the enormous majority of lower federal court judges believe they do not. I'm hard put to come up with another situation where this is true.
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David said:
the enormous majority of lower federal court judges believe they do not (have an individual right). I'm hard put to come up with another situation where this is true.
Let's just say it: Not since slavery was abolished have the courts ruled so often against civil rights.
There is clearly a worldwide focus to erode individual rights in favor of the State. The United States and the BOR is the last major obstacle.
Posted by: Jim D. at February 28, 2008 03:40 PM
JIm D. is correct in his assessment. If we can be eliminated as an example of a free people capable of self defense against ordinary criminals or criminal government in the minds of the rest of the world, the one world order will be easier to achieve.
Das Reich by any other name is still obscenity, but first our shining example must be either tarnished or extinguished.
Many of the people in power, i.e. lower federal court judges e.g., are too dim to realize that they will not be valued members of the new order simply because their betrayal of us will not be forgotten by those they try to enable in our destruction. Thus be it always so that traitors are abhorred by all.
Posted by: straightarrrow at February 28, 2008 04:48 PM
"I'm hard put to come up with another situation where this is true."
How about the capital punishment?
Posted by: nash at February 28, 2008 08:48 PM
75% of Americans can read and comprehend simple declarative English prose. Apparently our schools aren't doing so badly after all. Maybe not the law schools, but most of the other ones appear to be doing their job.
Posted by: RKV at February 29, 2008 07:21 AM
"I'm hard put to come up with another situation where this is true."
How about the taking of private property to give to other private entities? Ex; Kelo?
Posted by: straightarrrow at February 29, 2008 07:59 AM
The USA Today story wasn't too bad by the usual flaming anti-gun standards of the establisment Press. But it did contain a blatant falsehood stating that machineguns were banned under federal law. And no, it was not a specific reference to FOPA 1986.
I wonder how many people besides myself called the USA Today corrections editor to complain? The comments section of the online story is riddled with people observing the same error.
As of Monday the 3rd, no correction printed yet from USA Today.
Posted by: Brad at March 4, 2008 01:16 AM