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| George... |
 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:53 am |
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From: http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/22628039.html
I recommend reading the whole article, no registration is required.
"Following Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on guns, sundry outraged
mayors were fuming because the justices, "for the first time," discovered in
the Constitution an individual right to bear arms, placing in danger all
their precious (though thoroughly counterproductive) local victim
disarmament edicts.
The city of Chicago, for instance, currently governed by yet another Richard
Daley (how many does this one make?) had filed an amicus brief arguing that
since the Second Amendment restricts only federal gun-banning, it shouldn't
apply to Cook County.
That argument would have made some sense before enactment of the 14th
Amendment in 1867 (apparently it still takes some time for news to reach
Chicago), specifically barring states, counties and municipalities from
restricting the rights of U.S. citizens. This was done specifically to stop
recalcitrant racist jurisdictions in the years immediately following the
Civil War from attempting to limit the rights of black citizens to register
and go to the polls. It was easier to intimidate them, see, if they could be
arrested for bearing arms (especially concealed firearms, the carry method
curiously favored by black folk who would be lynched if seen carrying a gun
openly). So the Southern states responded to post-Civil War Reconstruction
by enacting "black codes," specifically aimed at disarming racial
minorities. This was banned in 1867, mayor.
In fact, Thursday's "narrow" 5-4 ruling "discovered" no new right, at all."
George in Las Vegas
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