Disturbing Quotes From Our Countries Supreme Court.

[twyacht]

Just a couple of quick thoughts and quotes, on how "Close" we are to losing the 2nd Amendment. These come from the recent McDonald vs. Chicago ruling. In case you missed the "little" nuances in the dissent.

"The Framers did not write the Second Amendment in order to protect a private right of armed self-defense."
Justice Stephen Bryer

"By its terms, the Second Amendment does not apply to the States; read properly, it does not even apply to individuals outside the militia context."
Justice John Paul Stevens

Be afraid,....... the majority of 5-4 decisions are thankfully, not the other way, or we would be in essence: "disarmed"...Oh, and Sotomayor, who stated "Heller is established law", during the confirmation circus, voted with Ruth Ginsberg in the dissent.

Justice Scalia, has already warned, "a system in which unelected and life tenured judges always get their way, such an approach puts Democracy in peril."

(Taken from pg. 12 Sept. edition American Rifleman)

McDonald was a "victory" but the red flags have not come down.....

[runstowin]

Some opinions slightly different from these august gentlemen.

The Right to Bear Arms

    In a nation governed by the people themselves, the possession of arms to defend their nation against usurpers within and without was deemed absolutely necessary. This right is protected by the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. A gun was an everyday implement in early American society, and Jefferson recommended its use. "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1785. ME 5:85, Papers 8:407

"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." --Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824. ME 16:45 "One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them." --Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796. ME 9:341
"I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the United States so destitute of what is considered as among the first necessaries of a farm-house." --Thomas Jefferson to Jacob J. Brown, 1808. ME 11:432
"No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms (within his own lands or tenements)." --Thomas Jefferson: Draft Virginia Constitution (with his note added), 1776. Papers 1:353
"None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important." --Thomas Jefferson to -----, 1803. ME 10:365