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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 2nd Am history: Until 1959, every law review article concluded it didn't guarantee an individ right [View all]sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)44. Yes.  His wife is an insane rightwing crazy.
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                        2nd Am history: Until 1959, every law review article concluded it didn't guarantee an individ right [View all]
							sharedvalues
							Aug 2019
							OP
                        
        
        Yup, Scalia's opinion in DC vs Heller enshrined something made up out of whole cloth
        RockRaven
        Aug 2019
        #1
      
        
        Can we change the name of this forum? "Gun control and made-up Republican RKBA"?
        sharedvalues
        Aug 2019
        #5
      
        
        It's been considered here several times before, and shown to be false
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2019
        #63
      
        
        As you've seen, if ones' only strengths are 'repeated argument by assertion'...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2019
        #11
      
        
        It's sad that you and 16 other people believe that law review articles actually have legal weight
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2019
        #10
      
        
        Thank you. I didn't have the energy to deconstruct sarisataka's many misleading points
        sharedvalues
        Aug 2019
        #29
      
        
        Wow.  DOJ 1938:  "2nd A does not grant to the people the right to keep and bear arms"
        sharedvalues
        Aug 2019
        #32
      
        
        Obvious answer: Because, when read in full, it doesn't say what James claims it says.
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2019
        #52
      
        
        Yes.  Scalia was a right-wing partisan and his "originalism" was just a front
        sharedvalues
        Aug 2019
        #31
      
  