Supreme Court Kills D.C. Hand Gun Ban

[KenH]

still must have a permit for concealed carry.

I have no problem with such a requirement. People still can't walk down the street legally carrying a machine gun. I don't have a problem with that restriction, either.

 

[menageriekeeper]

I've also been eyeing a stock Mossberg 590A1 shotgun for home protection, but we've decided to pay bills instead. :laugh:

Yep, my husband's been eyeing one of those too. He'll have to eye it a while longer for the very same reason!

My fav handgun is his .44 Magnum (think Dirty Harry). Smooth as silk! I can't handle it anymore because of my arthritis, but it's still a lovely weapon.

 

[windcatcher]

Two things I find DSTURBING about this SCOTUS out come:

1) It was a 5 to 4 decision to acknowledged our right to self protection, when it should have been unanimous, in light of the Constitution. (Our constitution which the simplicity of its construction made it so plain for the understanding of all the people........ takes the SCOTUS over 150 pages to write their 'opinion' and present references for their decision and debate.)

Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.



2) The manner in which the SCOTUS presented their opinion: "We've" given the people the right to bear arms. (The truth is that the SCOTUS did not give us that right: Nor did the Constitution of the US give us that right: The truth is that we get our rights from God, which the first 10 ammendments specify for the sake of understanding and protection.)

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.


The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Preamble
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

The Declaration of the United States of America and The Constitution are to be taken together: The former is a statement establishing the necessity, intent, general purpose and goals of the formation of a new organization for governance and the philosophical et. al basis upon which it is established. The latter is the platform of organization which is built upon the foundation and the ceiling, provided by the the former, develops and creates the structure of law which establishes the body in which we are all joined together within our states and country.


Note:
for one people..............<snip>...........to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them .

This reflects both the observance and belief in the order established in nature and in a sovereign supreme being which so design it.

Regarding the right to bear arms and nature's simplicity in design:
A rabbit, out foraging for his food is vunerable to attack from a predator or hunter: God has given it legs to run to safety. If it is successful in making it to its den........ try sticking your hand in after it...... The tools it has for self preservation, i.e. a serious bite and strong kicking feet, are often sufficient to discourage the most formidable adversary.

God has given us an order in our home, and a man that doesn't provide for his family (this implies a person who has ability but refuses to exercise it) is worse than an infidel! Provision for one's family includes necessities..... and includes providing protection against those foes which may cause harm or injury.