On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 12:04:41PM -0600, Jon Roland wrote: > Even if courts held every such statute to be unconstitutional, the court > decisions would not remove them from the Statutes at Large, and as long > as they remain there, someone might try to enforce them. Statutes need > to be formally repealed. Litigation is not enough.
Somehow, I imagined Charles' statement suggesting that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" would be in the text of the bill, and not merely that the courts should adhere to it more diligently. I don't foresee the proposed bill gaining any traction in Congress, in any case, though I would certainly be delighted if it did. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
