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Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights

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Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights - The Daily Beast
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights

Nuts like the NRA have advanced a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment for the past few decades, but politics and legal thinking signal a return to traditional jurisprudence. Remember that the NRA’s understanding of the Second Amendment is an extremely recent phenomenon. For more than 200 years, the legal and scholarly consensus was that, in the absence of a standing army, the Second Amendment was designed to enable states and localities to maintain a “well-regulated militia” by placing muskets and other weapons in the hands of local citizens………..


Then came three decades of conservative political activism, focused on law schools, the National Rifle Association, and conservative think tanks. This effort culminated (but by no means concluded) with the 2008 case of D.C. v. Heller, which the Supreme Court found, for the first time, an individual right to gun ownership in the Second Amendment………..

ALSO SEE:
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment - POLITICO Magazine

Things go up…….things go down……

And a new court, without a full number of justices, has signaled a changing view of the Second Amendment……..

Not to take away the right to own a gun……….

But moreso allow limits state and federal government have to regulate the use and safety measures of regulation………

One only look to the three gun case decisions issued this term…..and the denial to hear some others which affirmed the right to regulate……

Seems the Court has hear the cry from 70-90% of folks for a need to pass some constitutional ways to regulate the safe use of guns and who has a right to own one……
 
The second civil war will occur if the progressives try to kill the Second Amendment.
 
The second civil war will occur if the progressives try to kill the Second Amendment.

I am sure ImYoda will be leading the charge to confiscate guns and break down doors.

what the Supreme court probably will do if we get another extreme anti gun leftist woman is to allow states to pretty much ignore the McDonald Holding. Federal gun controls are going to be rare if at all given the crushing ass kicking the dems took over the 1994 gun ban. and with more and more AR 15 and other semi auto rifles being bought and combined with the fact that the government sold about 2 million MI carbines (which cannot be legally distinguished from the AR 15s that shed flash hiders and other idiotic reasons for Bannerrhoids calling them "assault weapons") a semi auto ban is going to fail. Plus, lots and lots of us who remember what happened in 1994 are stocking up on normal capacity magazines. There are over 100 million more AR 15 magazines in private possession now than there were 22 years ago. Companies like TROY and MAGPUL didn't even exist pack then and they are cranking out a million magazines weekly. They are better made and last longer than the standard GI magazines that were the normal magazine in 1994.
 
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights - The Daily Beast
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights

Nuts like the NRA have advanced a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment for the past few decades, but politics and legal thinking signal a return to traditional jurisprudence. Remember that the NRA’s understanding of the Second Amendment is an extremely recent phenomenon. For more than 200 years, the legal and scholarly consensus was that, in the absence of a standing army, the Second Amendment was designed to enable states and localities to maintain a “well-regulated militia” by placing muskets and other weapons in the hands of local citizens………..


Then came three decades of conservative political activism, focused on law schools, the National Rifle Association, and conservative think tanks. This effort culminated (but by no means concluded) with the 2008 case of D.C. v. Heller, which the Supreme Court found, for the first time, an individual right to gun ownership in the Second Amendment………..

ALSO SEE:
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment - POLITICO Magazine

Things go up…….things go down……

And a new court, without a full number of justices, has signaled a changing view of the Second Amendment……..

Not to take away the right to own a gun……….

But moreso allow limits state and federal government have to regulate the use and safety measures of regulation………

One only look to the three gun case decisions issued this term…..and the denial to hear some others which affirmed the right to regulate……

Seems the Court has hear the cry from 70-90% of folks for a need to pass some constitutional ways to regulate the safe use of guns and who has a right to own one……

The Daily Beast is where I get all my news.
 
The Daily Beast is where I get all my news.

from the article ImYoda was gushing over

That attitude, combined with the unprecedented gerrymandering of the House of Representatives, makes it unlikely that federal legislative action will come any time soon even though a majority of Americans support it.

actually most people do not support the sort of crap ImYoda wants. sure lots of people "support" universal background checks and other feel good things but bans on guns-well look what happened in 94

as to the guy who wrote that nonsense-He's a far left Jewish Gay activist whose articles often whine about middle class conservative Christian Males-the group that the Bannerrhoid movement sees as making up most of the gun owning population. As the National Review article I posted a couple weeks ago notes-the NRA has become a symbol of that democraphic and every movement that sees middle class conservative middle aged Christian males as the enemy, usually adopts gun control as one of their tactics to attack their enemy

Michaelson's rants are not the product of someone who is a serious scholar in second amendment issues but rather a gay activist who sees the NRA as supporting candidates who are hostile to his main political issue-gay rights
 
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights - The Daily Beast
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights

Nuts like the NRA have advanced a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment for the past few decades, but politics and legal thinking signal a return to traditional jurisprudence. Remember that the NRA’s understanding of the Second Amendment is an extremely recent phenomenon. For more than 200 years, the legal and scholarly consensus was that, in the absence of a standing army, the Second Amendment was designed to enable states and localities to maintain a “well-regulated militia” by placing muskets and other weapons in the hands of local citizens………..


Then came three decades of conservative political activism, focused on law schools, the National Rifle Association, and conservative think tanks. This effort culminated (but by no means concluded) with the 2008 case of D.C. v. Heller, which the Supreme Court found, for the first time, an individual right to gun ownership in the Second Amendment………..

ALSO SEE:
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment - POLITICO Magazine

Things go up…….things go down……

And a new court, without a full number of justices, has signaled a changing view of the Second Amendment……..

Not to take away the right to own a gun……….

But moreso allow limits state and federal government have to regulate the use and safety measures of regulation………

One only look to the three gun case decisions issued this term…..and the denial to hear some others which affirmed the right to regulate……

Seems the Court has hear the cry from 70-90% of folks for a need to pass some constitutional ways to regulate the safe use of guns and who has a right to own one……

Radical interpretation of the 2nd Amendment? Hmm.... I suppose at the time the Founders were radical. :shrug:
 
Radical interpretation of the 2nd Amendment? Hmm.... I suppose at the time the Founders were radical. :shrug:

to hysterical far left gay activists who have their panties in a knot because the NRA supports candidates who TEND NOT TO SUPPORT GAY rights, anything the NRA does will be ridiculed or lied about. the fact is, that guy's constitutional law professor at Yale-at the time he was there, is pretty much on the same page as the NRA when it comes to the individual right's interpretation
 
Radical interpretation of the 2nd Amendment? Hmm.... I suppose at the time the Founders were radical. :shrug:

Those words are your words............

There is plenty of room to fully define what the Second Amendment means at law.............


Let's start with what ""A well regulated Militia............."

Catch my drift.......
 
Those words are your words............

There is plenty of room to fully define what the Second Amendment means at law.............


Let's start with what ""A well regulated Militia............."

Catch my drift.......

what was the pre-existing right that the founders intended to guarantee with the second amendment? Now ImYoda is afraid to answer me because it destroys his insinuation that one had to be in a well regulated militia to exercise a right that the founders saw as existing PRIOR to government (and prior to "well regulated militias)

and btw if the purpose of this right was to create an environment where a "well regulated" (i.e. in good working order and ready to act) militia could be readily formed, only a moron or someone completely clueless about militias would conclude that your right to have arms did not vest until you actually answered the muster. Even if ImYoda's silly insinuation is correct, everyone who could possibly join a militia must be armed BEFORE actually JOINING in order to be effective and thus create a "well regulated" militia
 
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights - The Daily Beast
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights

Nuts like the NRA have advanced a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment for the past few decades, but politics and legal thinking signal a return to traditional jurisprudence. Remember that the NRA’s understanding of the Second Amendment is an extremely recent phenomenon. For more than 200 years, the legal and scholarly consensus was that, in the absence of a standing army, the Second Amendment was designed to enable states and localities to maintain a “well-regulated militia” by placing muskets and other weapons in the hands of local citizens………..


Then came three decades of conservative political activism, focused on law schools, the National Rifle Association, and conservative think tanks. This effort culminated (but by no means concluded) with the 2008 case of D.C. v. Heller, which the Supreme Court found, for the first time, an individual right to gun ownership in the Second Amendment………..

ALSO SEE:
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment - POLITICO Magazine

Things go up…….things go down……

And a new court, without a full number of justices, has signaled a changing view of the Second Amendment……..

Not to take away the right to own a gun……….

But moreso allow limits state and federal government have to regulate the use and safety measures of regulation………

One only look to the three gun case decisions issued this term…..and the denial to hear some others which affirmed the right to regulate……

Seems the Court has hear the cry from 70-90% of folks for a need to pass some constitutional ways to regulate the safe use of guns and who has a right to own one……
Wooooooo.....not terribly worried about it. Nice spin though.
 
from the article ImYoda was gushing over

That attitude, combined with the unprecedented gerrymandering of the House of Representatives, makes it unlikely that federal legislative action will come any time soon even though a majority of Americans support it.

actually most people do not support the sort of crap ImYoda wants. sure lots of people "support" universal background checks and other feel good things but bans on guns-well look what happened in 94

as to the guy who wrote that nonsense-He's a far left Jewish Gay activist whose articles often whine about middle class conservative Christian Males-the group that the Bannerrhoid movement sees as making up most of the gun owning population. As the National Review article I posted a couple weeks ago notes-the NRA has become a symbol of that democraphic and every movement that sees middle class conservative middle aged Christian males as the enemy, usually adopts gun control as one of their tactics to attack their enemy

Michaelson's rants are not the product of someone who is a serious scholar in second amendment issues but rather a gay activist who sees the NRA as supporting candidates who are hostile to his main political issue-gay rights

Serious scholar of the 2nd amendment? Is that a degree program courtesy of Trump U or correspondance course from the NRA?
 
Those words are your words............

There is plenty of room to fully define what the Second Amendment means at law.............


Let's start with what ""A well regulated Militia............."

Catch my drift.......

Actually it is a fact that in their time the Founders were considered radicals as they had progressive ideas for their time. Not every colonial fought against the British ya know.

Now, you want to start with the militia clause of the 2nd? That's fine. Don't forget to include the part that says "being necessary to the security of a free state" which explains why the militia clause was added to the 2nd. Also don't forget the other clause in the 2nd that states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms".

Also don't forget to quote the Founders and previous SCOTUS rulings (even before Heller vs DC) that mentioned that the people have a right to own guns and don't forget to state why our Founders believed that people had a right to own guns.

If you can get all that straight then we can have an actual discussion. Until you study up on it though I'm afraid that we'll just be talking in circles and there will be no use to continue this conversation. Here is one place that you can start in your studies...

"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824
 
Are ANTI-GUN threads the only thing you make threads about?

Sure seems like it. I do not even read them anymore.
 
Serious scholar of the 2nd amendment? Is that a degree program courtesy of Trump U or correspondance course from the NRA?

what sort of silliness is this? the guy who wrote that nonsense is someone whose main goal is pushing gay rights. He has no credentials in second amendment scholarship. serious scholars in the second amendment include Sanford Levinson, David Koppel, Akhil Reed Amar, and Eugene Volokh.
 
Are ANTI-GUN threads the only thing you make threads about?

Sure seems like it. I do not even read them anymore.

Nah he often starts threads on topics that have ALREADY had a thread started on them (such as Kirk not supporting Trump) or threads that gush love for Hillary. You know, conservative topics ;)
 
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights - The Daily Beast
Why the Next Supreme Court Is Poised to Roll Back Gun Rights

Nuts like the NRA have advanced a radical interpretation of the Second Amendment for the past few decades, but politics and legal thinking signal a return to traditional jurisprudence. Remember that the NRA’s understanding of the Second Amendment is an extremely recent phenomenon. For more than 200 years, the legal and scholarly consensus was that, in the absence of a standing army, the Second Amendment was designed to enable states and localities to maintain a “well-regulated militia” by placing muskets and other weapons in the hands of local citizens………..


Then came three decades of conservative political activism, focused on law schools, the National Rifle Association, and conservative think tanks. This effort culminated (but by no means concluded) with the 2008 case of D.C. v. Heller, which the Supreme Court found, for the first time, an individual right to gun ownership in the Second Amendment………..

ALSO SEE:
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment - POLITICO Magazine

Things go up…….things go down……

And a new court, without a full number of justices, has signaled a changing view of the Second Amendment……..

Not to take away the right to own a gun……….

But moreso allow limits state and federal government have to regulate the use and safety measures of regulation………

One only look to the three gun case decisions issued this term…..and the denial to hear some others which affirmed the right to regulate……

Seems the Court has hear the cry from 70-90% of folks for a need to pass some constitutional ways to regulate the safe use of guns and who has a right to own one……

Any such predictions of the next Court are nonsense. Until the election in Nov., when we will decide who appoints the next Justice, no accurate predictions can be made. Kennedy has sided with gun rights in the past. There is no reason to believe he would do otherwise if another conservative is posted to the Court.
 
Actually it is a fact that in their time the Founders were considered radicals as they had progressive ideas for their time. Not every colonial fought against the British ya know.

Now, you want to start with the militia clause of the 2nd? That's fine. Don't forget to include the part that says "being necessary to the security of a free state" which explains why the militia clause was added to the 2nd. Also don't forget the other clause in the 2nd that states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms".

Also don't forget to quote the Founders and previous SCOTUS rulings (even before Heller vs DC) that mentioned that the people have a right to own guns and don't forget to state why our Founders believed that people had a right to own guns.

If you can get all that straight then we can have an actual discussion. Until you study up on it though I'm afraid that we'll just be talking in circles and there will be no use to continue this conversation. Here is one place that you can start in your studies...

I disagree and see it much differently than that
 
Any such predictions of the next Court are nonsense. Until the election in Nov., when we will decide who appoints the next Justice, no accurate predictions can be made. Kennedy has sided with gun rights in the past. There is no reason to believe he would do otherwise if another conservative is posted to the Court.



We will see
 
Well there is no reason to be worried..........Constitutional rights will not be changed or violated

Common sense will prove there is no compelling reason to ban anything. So yes, you are correct. What will change is how mental illness is handled. That is going to open a whole new can of crap.
 
I disagree and see it much differently than that

How do you see them finding a compelling argument to restrict sales of one of the most widely owned firearms in the U.S. That should be interesting.
 
Common sense will prove there is no compelling reason to ban anything. So yes, you are correct. What will change is how mental illness is handled. That is going to open a whole new can of crap.

So-called common sense is most often used as an excuse justifying a position in a subject they have no knowledge........

And if mental illness becomes and issue regarding the possession/ownership of a gun...........it will soon be "studied".........special commission 'ed....... commissioned comprehensive reported......to death....

Because it cost's too much to fix (if that were possible) or an active single-issue voting block which pols can appeal to for votes
 
How do you see them finding a compelling argument to restrict sales of one of the most widely owned firearms in the U.S. That should be interesting.

It is not how widely owned and popular a firearm is ...........It is a simple matter of a state passing a law banning them.......and law is supported by citizens

as has been done in NY and Conn.....................and constitutional to do so.......


Does that qualify as interesting?
 
I disagree and see it much differently than that

How you see it does not matter. How it actually IS does. So, I guess you don't want to actually have a real discussion of the 2nd Amendment, what the founders thought at the time of people owning guns, and its actual meaning.
 
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