Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The only "well regulated militia" [View all]jimmy the one
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I am well aware of heller and macdonald, but they are modern day interpretations of 2ndA inspired by a malicious far right gun culture which flourished in the nra's heyday of the 1970's thru their current bankruptcy.
Heller and MacDonald do not represent 2ndA original intent, despite Scalia's subversion of it. Original intent can better be found in 1876 cruikshank and 1939 miller decisions, both of which established stare decisis regarding 2ndA, the unfair verdict to blacks notwithstanding. Stare decisis which the almighty con artist scalia disregarded with specious sophistry.
K: to summarize: the unorganized militia is still the militia, but it doesn't matter because militia service of any kind is not required for the right to keep and bear arms by individuals for their own personal and lawful use. And since this decision is 70 years newer, it wins.
Yes it wins, but you don't.
Heller does not represent 2ndA original intent. It represents the corruption of a malicious far right gun culture.
K: And since the gun-controllers decided to wage a war against rifles with protruding pistol grips for the last 30-plus years they've managed to get the courts packed full of Republican-appointed federal judges that are unlikely to supersede the Heller decision
Gun controllers have won the popular vote in 7 of the last 8 presidential elections. The abhorrent electoral college scheme is the way the courts got packed with republican appointed federal judges and supreme court justices. It was the gun control side which had the majority support of the people of the united states, not far right wing republicans.
Gun control support is not the reason the courts are packed with republicans, the asinine electoral college is.
(on edit) Not to forget as I momentarily did, that the political punks in the republican party schemed and cheated using duplicitous methods to steal two supreme court seats, mitch mcconnell be damned.