From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu May 27 1999 - 12:00:33 MDT
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From: Ron Kean <ronkean@juno.com>
>An interesting thing about the Constitution is how major
>provisions of the Constitution are seemingly ignored. The Second
>Amendment is an excellent example of this. The amendment states,
>in part, that 'the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
>shall not be infringed.' But most large cities, and many states,
>have draconian gun control laws which would seem to be
>unconstitutional on their face. And the multi-million member NRA,
>a powerful pro-gun lobbying group, seems completely unable to get
>any gun control laws invalidated by the courts on constitutional
>grounds.
This may soon come to an end. A Federal Judge, Sam R. Cummings
recently ruled (U.S. vs Emerson) that the second amendment applies
to individuals not the state, and wrote an excellent decision
overturning a case.
The Reno/Justice Dept is planning on an appeal to the Supreme
Court, we'll see if they chicken out yet again.....
http://www.nraila.org/emerson.html
Brian
Member, Extropy Institute
www.extropy.org
Member, Life Extension Foundation
www.lef.org
Member, National Rifle Association
www.nra.org
1.800.672.3888
Current Reading: In Love And War, by Jim and Sybil Stockdale.
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