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   From: calvin@microsoft.com   
      
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    "Spaz"  wrote:   
      
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:0eg4e359lgqsepd7tb8i61esvb5e2lu6ee@4ax.com...   
   > >   
   > > WASHINGTON - A case challenging the ban on private   
   > > handgun ownership in the U.S. capital could lead to   
   > > the first ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court since 1939   
   > > on the rights of Americans to bear arms.   
   > >   
   > > Officials from the District of Columbia government   
   > > this week asked the high court to agree the city's   
   > > 31-year-old law banning private possession of handguns   
   > > is constitutional.   
   >   
   > And when they do agree that a local government can ban guns, San Francisco   
   > can FINALLY protect its citizens with the gun ban that was voted for by THE   
   > PEOPLE.   
   >   
   > > Supporters and opponents of the law said the case   
   > > could have far-reaching legal and political importance   
   > > in affecting the nation's gun laws.   
   >   
   > Yes, absolutely!  We can FINALLY get the guns off the streets and move on to   
   > more important things in life.  Gun pushers will just have to peddle their   
   > guns and stage their conflicts someplace else.   
   >   
   > > D.C. officials said a U.S. appeals court was wrong in   
   > > its precedent-setting ruling in March that broadly   
   > > interpreted an individual's constitutional right under   
   > > the Second Amendment to bear arms and that concluded   
   > > the law violated those rights.   
   >   
   > It's time to stop the gun pushers from wrongly interpreting the 2nd   
   > amendment for their own profits at the expense of other people's lives.   
   > We've taken this LONG ENOUGH and we DON'T have to put up with it anymore!!!   
   >   
   > > The Second Amendment says, "A well regulated militia,   
   > > being necessary to the security of a free state, the   
   > > right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not   
   > > be infringed."   
   >   
   > The gun pushers always fail acknowledge that statement as a single   
   > statement.  They ALWAYS break it off as two sentences in their false   
   > arguments in order to deceive people and make more money for themselves at   
   > the expense of other people's lives.   
   >   
   > > City lawyers have argued the amendment guarantees the   
   > > right to bear arms only for members of a militia, like   
   > > today's National Guard, and not for individuals.   
   >   
   > And they are exactly right!   
   >   
   > > But the appeals court adopted the position that the   
   > > Bush administration has advocated previously -- that   
   > > the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to   
   > > keep and bear arms.   
   >   
   > I believe the Bush administration will soon acknowledge the truth right at   
   > the end of his term.   
      
   I hate to feed the Trolls, but do you really think that banning handguns   
   will lead to any reduction in crime or handgun violence?  How will the   
   authorities remove the guns from those that possess them illegally?   
   Mass search warrants in every house, at the same time, looking for   
   guns????  Has the handgun prohibition stopped the gangs in Chicago?   
      
   Good luck with that.   
      
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