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Old 03-18-2008, 04:26 PM   #3 (permalink)
Drew1369
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Re: Gun Control Advocates, Opponents Prepare for Supreme Court Argument

And they begin

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/18/sco...rss_topstories

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Alan Gura, arguing against the ban on Tuesday before the court said the city "simply doesn't trust the people to protect themselves in their homes."
Is that what it really is with those that pass these laws... they don't trust normal people to protect themselves? I like that aurgument.

Perhaps I like this one as well...

That despite the 1990 case Minnesota Gov. Rudy Perpich vs. Department of Defense, where the Supreme Court ruled specifically that the National Guard is under federal orders and the state governor cannot object, the National Guard is still, in fact, a state militia.
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