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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: GUNS-R-US on February 19, 2010, 01:03:14 AM

Title: Washington State Incorporates 2nd Amendment
Post by: GUNS-R-US on February 19, 2010, 01:03:14 AM

The Washington STATE Supreme Court today Incorporated the 2nd Amendment through the 14th Amendment!  ;D


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,  v.   CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM SIEYES,  Appellant.
No. 82154-2 En Banc
Filed February 18, 2010

Stating :

                                  CONCLUSION
 The Second Amendment right to bear arms applies to the states through the due
process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.


I attached the decision for yawl to download and read if you desire. Now we just need to get the folks in the OTHER Washington to do the same thing!! Hopefully this will help to get more votes to swing our way! A 6-3 decision would be nice. ::)

Title: Re: Washington State Incorporates 2nd Amendment
Post by: philw on February 19, 2010, 05:10:20 PM

will this help McDonald v Chicago at all ???
 

http://onthedocket.org/cases/2009/mcdonald-v-chicago

Title: Re: Washington State Incorporates 2nd Amendment
Post by: GUNS-R-US on February 19, 2010, 06:27:21 PM

Quote from: philw on February 19, 2010, 05:10:20 PM

will this help McDonald v Chicago at all ???
 

http://onthedocket.org/cases/2009/mcdonald-v-chicago

Yea Phil I think so I'm no legal scholar but, the more we have states Incorporating the Second Amendment themselves, the less reason the U.S. Supreme Court has to not Incorporate it!

Title: Re: Washington State Incorporates 2nd Amendment
Post by: fightingquaker13 on February 20, 2010, 12:54:36 AM

It will help. The SCalways looks at precedent and gives a fair degree of weight to state SCs, particularly when they are part of a trend.
FQ13

Title: Re: Washington State Incorporates 2nd Amendment
Post by: tombogan03884 on February 20, 2010, 01:43:29 PM

I'll go with FQ's reasoning on this one.
(And don't use it for a signature line ! )