Scalia is right. The laws under which the Founders lived allowed citizens to own firearms.
Cannons? Nope.
Battleships? Nada.
If you want to rake over the coals an accomplished and brilliant SCOTUS justice like Scalia, you best get to reading and make your cases. The guy has forgotten far more than most of us will ever know.
Then please explain to me how these things were in private ownership during the revolution, the war of 1812, and the Civil War if they were prohibited. Not only were they widely available in land form, but commissioning privateers was commonplace. What about the tons of privately owned gatlings, cannons, and munitions in circulation in the early 20th century? I wish I could remember the name of that surplus weapons dealer with the building on an island that blew up about a century ago. It was a really good read.
Then please explain to me how these things were in private ownership during the revolution, the war of 1812, and the Civil War if they were prohibited. Not only were they widely available in land form, but commissioning privateers was commonplace. What about the tons of privately owned gatlings, cannons, and munitions in circulation in the early 20th century? I wish I could remember the name of that surplus weapons dealer with the building on an island that blew up about a century ago. It was a really good read.
Then please explain to me how these things were in private ownership during the revolution, the war of 1812, and the Civil War if they were prohibited. Not only were they widely available in land form, but commissioning privateers was commonplace. What about the tons of privately owned gatlings, cannons, and munitions in circulation in the early 20th century? I wish I could remember the name of that surplus weapons dealer with the building on an island that blew up about a century ago. It was a really good read.
So since you are eventually going to die any way, commit suicide and get it over and done with. That seems to be what you are saying.Hrm...vote for Romney to get SCOTUS judges who will on our rights...or vote for Obama to get SCOTUS judges who will on our rights... What a dilemma!
This has made me lean a bit further toward "vote for Obama because our decline will be marginally faster, in order that the trouble might still be in my lifetime rather than my son's".
So since you are eventually going to die any way, commit suicide and get it over and done with. That seems to be what you are saying.
So since you are eventually going to die any way, commit suicide and get it over and done with. That seems to be what you are saying.