Comments on: Huzzah for the SCOTUS http://www.blagnet.net/2008/06/26/huzzah-for-the-soctus/ Discussing Libertarian Philosophy Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.blagnet.net/2008/06/26/huzzah-for-the-soctus/comment-page-1/#comment-620 John Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:48:41 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/?p=226#comment-620 Yeah, I was going to write a post about the headline I read on Yahoo news, "Supreme Court says Americans can own guns" or something like that. Um, yeah...so does the Constitution. So does the nature of the universe. What five Supreme Court justices say about an issue has no bearing on right or wrong. Although, unfortunately, it has immense impact on what the central government can and can't do. Many desperate Statolatrist gun-haters over the years have turned to the wording of the Second Amendment that mentions "a well-regulated militia" to justify heavily regulating gun ownership and even saying only government employees or government licensees can rightfully own guns. As George Mason said, "What is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials." Yeah, I was going to write a post about the headline I read on Yahoo news, “Supreme Court says Americans can own guns” or something like that. Um, yeah…so does the Constitution. So does the nature of the universe. What five Supreme Court justices say about an issue has no bearing on right or wrong. Although, unfortunately, it has immense impact on what the central government can and can’t do.

Many desperate Statolatrist gun-haters over the years have turned to the wording of the Second Amendment that mentions “a well-regulated militia” to justify heavily regulating gun ownership and even saying only government employees or government licensees can rightfully own guns. As George Mason said, “What is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.”

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