Daily Archives: June 26, 2008

More from Heller

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June 26, 2008

On the 2nd codifying a pre-existing right: We look to this because it has always been widely understood that the Second Amendment, like the First and Fourth Amendments, codified a pre-existing right. The very text of the Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it “shall not be...
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NRA on Heller

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June 26, 2008

Read here: “This is a great moment in American history. It vindicates individual Americans all over this country who have always known that this is their freedom worth protecting,” declared NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. “Our founding fathers wrote and intended the Second Amendment to be an individual right. The Supreme Court has...
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Pwnd!

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June 26, 2008

From the Heller decision: Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected by the Second Amendment. We do not interpret constitutional rights that way. Just as the First Amendment protects modern forms of communications, e.g., Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union,...
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VICTOLY!

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June 26, 2008
VICTOLY!

We won today, even if it was a squeaker – we still won.  The Supreme Court releasing this opinion, the quote of my lifetime: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within...
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Holsters & Belts

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June 26, 2008

Everyone who is cool is talking about holsters right now; I have decided to drop my two cents into the communal pool. I deal with an annoying situation when I carry, namely the fact that as a not-exactly-large guy, I have to choose my holsters very carefully when I’m carrying anything larger than a...
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Burning in Heller

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June 26, 2008

This will hopefully be my last bad Heller pun post; as the Supreme Court is probably going to release Heller at 10am today. I say “probably” because they were probably going to release it on Monday, then Wednesday as well. Since Scalia is likely writing the opinion, I’ll direct you to Dave Hardy’s post...
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Chicks with guns

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June 26, 2008

Girls of the Israeli Defense Force.
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Practical Shooting quotes

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June 26, 2008

A couple of quotes from Paul Erhardt, from Bane’s blog.  These need to be jammed into everyone’ skulls across all shooting disciplines, even more so to the people who don’t believe that “practical shooting” isn’t a HUGE shooting sport.  I’m cherry picking the really good ones here: “Handgun competition shooters now outnumber shotgun competition...
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