Did you read the same decision I did? The say that bear means carry, that there must be a means to be able to carry unless you're a felon or on the short list (mental illness, history of spousal abuse) of "reasonable restrictions".
They got into what keep meant, to include that it means store prepared ready to function, striking down the disassembled and locked restrictions. Gruss Gott wrote: >> tBone wrote: >> Additionally, even if you do say that the second allows "reasonable >> regulation", well then it should be federal, and the same everywhere. >> > > So that's the type of legal theory debate I was getting at and we're > still going to have. But since everyone is in love with SCOTUS now: > > SCOTUS (5-4!) said that the Constitution does not allow for "the > absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the > home", but also that the justices "are aware of the problem of > handgun violence in this country" and ruled that the Constitution > "leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that > problem, including some measures regulating handguns." > > Put another way, an outright gun ban is not constitutional but "some > measures" "regulating handguns" are. > > Further, Scalia said nothing in their ruling should, "cast doubt on > long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or > the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in > sensitive places such as schools and government buildings." > > In short they didn't define "arms", they didn't define what "bearing > arms" means, and they interpreted the 2nd Amendment as open to > regulation, but they didn't define it. > > So the debate will continue. Which is what I was getting at. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
