02-18-2015, 09:14 PM
What bothers me is the preventable killings.
-You can see that the article I linked was from the Washington Post, redistributed by the Tribune. And these facts are not new. I encourage you to do your own research.
-If you think your links about lobbying $ from the NRA represents the extent of their pull then you clearly have forgotten about that little Supreme Court case allowing unlimited spending by corporations on federal elections. What's more: The Gun Lobby: Why The NRA Is The Baddest Force In Politics
-The Supreme Court's interpretation of the second amendment was at a ruling of 5-4. This can be repealed. Our country needs some interpretation of this part of the constitution and this is what we concluded at this time. It does not make it right or relevant today. Also, note the flexibility:
"(2) Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Courtâs opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. Millerâs holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those âin common use at the timeâ finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons. Pp. 54â56."
Anyway, thank you for adding this Supreme Court case. Your post has a lot of relevance in some topics, but not mine. I somehow strayed from my topic. I set out to open a discussion on the problem with gun violence and research; not constitutional rights. Hopefully we can reopen a discussion on constitutional rights once we get the right government organizations to conduct the much needed research on firearms!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.1809263
-You can see that the article I linked was from the Washington Post, redistributed by the Tribune. And these facts are not new. I encourage you to do your own research.
-If you think your links about lobbying $ from the NRA represents the extent of their pull then you clearly have forgotten about that little Supreme Court case allowing unlimited spending by corporations on federal elections. What's more: The Gun Lobby: Why The NRA Is The Baddest Force In Politics
-The Supreme Court's interpretation of the second amendment was at a ruling of 5-4. This can be repealed. Our country needs some interpretation of this part of the constitution and this is what we concluded at this time. It does not make it right or relevant today. Also, note the flexibility:
"(2) Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Courtâs opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. Millerâs holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those âin common use at the timeâ finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons. Pp. 54â56."
Anyway, thank you for adding this Supreme Court case. Your post has a lot of relevance in some topics, but not mine. I somehow strayed from my topic. I set out to open a discussion on the problem with gun violence and research; not constitutional rights. Hopefully we can reopen a discussion on constitutional rights once we get the right government organizations to conduct the much needed research on firearms!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.1809263
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