tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post7089216318311221729..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: I love this conceptNew Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-77977551992719389132014-06-04T19:01:17.817-04:002014-06-04T19:01:17.817-04:00That quote of course is from US vs Cruishank (1878...That quote of course is from US vs Cruishank (1878), one of the 3 times the SC talked specifically of the 2A before Heller (Presser which was later, and then Miller in 1939).<br /><br />The US prosectued Cruishank for violating the rights of black citizens in the South to assemble and to have and bear arms (in short, the Klansmen were roughing them up) under the new civil rights laws.<br /><br />The court said, nope, the 2A (and the 4th) only prohibited Federal infringement and that the people had to look to their state governments for protection of those rights.<br /><br />In effect the SC left the newly freed Blacks in the South after the Civil War at the mercy of their still very racist state governmens.<br /><br />A horrible decision on that, but an absolutley correct understanding of what the 2A protects, IE that pre-existing right. But they should have upheld the conviction of Cruishank as it would have changed the "Jim Crow" era for the good.scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893885750479217424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-11130420293363315212014-05-18T11:28:00.245-04:002014-05-18T11:28:00.245-04:00I believe that the Right to Self-Defense lies in t...I believe that the Right to Self-Defense lies in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. The Second just allows us to use "Arms" to enforce those Rights.Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-26024920179368101772014-05-18T11:08:00.211-04:002014-05-18T11:08:00.211-04:00Sadly the UN charter is going exactly the OPPOSITE...Sadly the UN charter is going exactly the OPPOSITE direction...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com