Heller Affirmed, bring on the state suits

[ajaffe]

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-cont...06/07-2901.pdf for a full read.
Essentially they said that requiring registration for, keeping unloaded, and keeping a handgun locked was not feasible to use a handgun as home defense and took away our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. They went into depth and said that certain types of firearms are still restricted to NFA items, and from what I read did not really take a stance on CCW outside of the home. but they still affirmed what the District Court found, albeit more in depth.

[ke6guj]

The NRA has stated that they will be filing suits against Chicago (and suburbs) and San Fransisco today.

[M1A Rifleman]

This statement that was made:

the Court concluded “we find they guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weaons in case of confrontation” — in other words, for self-defense. “The inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right,” it added.

to me sounds like carry for self defense outside the home is a right without many restriction.

[rivviepop]

The NRA has stated that they will be filing suits against Chicago (and suburbs) and San Fransisco today.

Link? I just checked nra-ila.com and nra.com, I'm not seeing this anywhere. Was it in an email maybe?

[ke6guj]

Link? I just checked nra-ila.com and nra.com, I'm not seeing this anywhere. Was it in an email maybe?

Wayne LaPierre stated this on the steps of the supreme court today on TV.

[rivviepop]

Wayne LaPierre stated this on the steps of the supreme court today on TV.

Cool, thanks - I'll keep an eye out for the press release, etc.

[Moonclip]

I want to see major CCW reform 1st and "assault weapons" reform as well though I don't see that happening as easily. Class III reform is a nice dream as well. I want to see mag capacity restrictions challenged as well.

[Danield]

Do we really need 40 different threads on Heller?

[Soldier415]

Do we really need 40 different threads on Heller?

Just for that, I am going to go start my own...

[Fjold]

Do we really need 40 different threads on Heller?

Yes, I think that we should be allowed a little celebratory excess after all the years of fighting.

[ajaffe]

Do we really need 40 different threads on Heller?

There were 2 others when I made this one. Only one had the decision in the first post and linked a poll of how you felt instead of the facts. I apologize for linking the ACTUAL judgment.



Not.



Here are the juicy parts:

[Librarian]

Link? I just checked nra-ila.com and nra.com, I'm not seeing this anywhere. Was it in an email maybe?

Chicago case here: http://www.chicagoguncase.com/

BELLEVUE, WA – Following Thursday’s (5-4) ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual civil right to keep and bear arms, and that a municipal gun ban violates that right, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) filed a federal lawsuit (complaint) challenging the City of Chicago’s long-standing handgun ban.

Link to complaint at that page.

And they're flat arguing incorporation:

48. The Second Amendment right is incorporated as against the states and their
political subdivisions pursuant to the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
49. The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is a privilege and immunity
of United States citizenship which, pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment, states and their political subdivisions may not violate.

Rock on, Mr. Gura!

[dw33b]

Chicago case here: http://www.chicagoguncase.com/
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And they're flat arguing incorporation:
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If they finally incorporate the 2nd amendment then ... man.. words cannot express how I am feeling.

[metalhead357]

Oh lordy- thank ya' God and infamous 9......Let the walls start being torn down