bush admin files brief in heller case

[taliv]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59674


yeah, it's WND, so it's probably wildly inaccurate...

anybody read anything about this in other sources?

 

[shield20]

From the US Brief:

The greater the scope of the prohibition and
its impact on private firearm possession, the more difficult
it will be to defend under the Second Amendment. .... Under that analysis, the D.C. ban may well fail constitutional scrutiny.

From the DC Brief:

National limitations on what fire-arms may be possessed privately could conflict with a state’s ability to call forth a militia armed as the state sees fit. As the majority below recognized, the Amendment ensures “that citizens would not be barred from keeping the arms they would need when called forth for militia duty."

Somewhere in the middle we will find the truth; that federal AND State AND regional bans are unconstitutional; and that the ONLY "reasonable restrictions" are those based on suspending this individual right via due process for just cause.

 

[RP88]

One thing that bothers me is how the Bush admin cited a fear of "gang members getting machine guns".

Its funny how someone can pull that kind of reference out of their *** when releasing a brief of a case that is primarily about handguns. Shows how irrational anti-gun advocates are, and/or how they will say anything to manipulate the uninformed into the same irrational fear.

 

[Henry Bowman]

Already under discussion here: http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=330562