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> The NYC law spit in the face of a previous supreme court decision. That can't be allowed. Yet what we recently learned is what the supreme court decides is o
by deeviant 4y ago
> The NYC law spit in the face of a previous supreme court decision. That can't be allowed.
Yet what we recently learned is what the supreme court decides is of little consequence. It's just the temporary whim of whatever political party happens to be in power. In 10, 20 or whatever years it takes to get a liberal court back, then roe v wade comes back and the court reinterprets a "well regulated militia" to mean, ah, a "well regulated militia".
- dolni 4y agoThis "well regulated militia" stuff is so disgustingly ignorant. And people keep parroting it like it is some kind of "gotem". First of all, what do you think a militia even is? It is a group of CITIZENS that form an ad-hoc fighting force. Secondly, the amendment says "the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms". It doesn't say "the right of the military". It doesn't say "the right of the militia". And it doesn't say "the right of peace officers." When the Declaration of Independence was drafted, "We the People" did not mean "military". Thirdly, the Bill of Rights explicitly grants rights to people, NOT the government and NOT the military. Yet somehow, conveniently, that is different for the 2A? You might not like the 2A, but the meaning is clear and supported by history. This "well-regulated militia" nonsense is the climate-change-denial of the 2A.
- deeviant 4y agoYeehaw, cowboy!