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Re: NRA Newtown response
it is always interesting to read the posts of those claiming various degrees of understanding the Constitution and what it means. Great to see the questions asking for where in the Constitution does it say....
But these scholars seem to be ignorant of the other half of the Heller decision. Written by Justice Scalia, the so-called intellectual anchor of the conservative wing of the Court, he found where the 2nd Amendment can be restricted without amending it. He said something along the lines of the Right to bear doesn't mean whatever, whenever, where ever. He does point out the decision the court handed down in Heller doesn't mean the mentally ill or felons now can purchase, carry and use firearms.
I'd say those wanting to know 'where in the Constitution does it say...' I'd direct them to Justice Scalia...
it is always interesting to read the posts of those claiming various degrees of understanding the Constitution and what it means. Great to see the questions asking for where in the Constitution does it say....
But these scholars seem to be ignorant of the other half of the Heller decision. Written by Justice Scalia, the so-called intellectual anchor of the conservative wing of the Court, he found where the 2nd Amendment can be restricted without amending it. He said something along the lines of the Right to bear doesn't mean whatever, whenever, where ever. He does point out the decision the court handed down in Heller doesn't mean the mentally ill or felons now can purchase, carry and use firearms.
I'd say those wanting to know 'where in the Constitution does it say...' I'd direct them to Justice Scalia...