Supreme Court looks to medieval England in gun rights case

[chuter]

I listened to the arguments I wasn’t too happy about it. I thought the lawyer “on our side” was horrible. He agreed with the leftists numerous times about restrictions being needed.

I missed that, I only heard towards the end.

 

[Roadking Larry]

https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/laws-forbid-carrying-armsspurious-quotation

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one.

The big problem I see with looking to old English law is that it applied primarily in support of landed gentry.

 

[1911DA]

**** England and the goat they rode away on this is the USA and the last 4 words of the 2nd Amendment says it all very clearly "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" and thats what we shall obey

 

[Fredkrueger100]

I missed that, I only heard towards the end.

One of the things he agreed with is that cities and states have the right to restrict where we can carry a gun. Amy Coney Barrett made a comment about Times Square on New Years Eve being made into a sensitive area. I was really happy with Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. Of course Thomas and Alito. Even Roberts made some good comments in our favor. Kavanaugh even made a comment that sound an awful lot like he supports being able to carry without having to have a license.

I read an article just a little bit ago and it made a very good point. If these laws get struck down all the states like New York will have to do is make just about everywhere a “sensitive area” which would make carrying there off limits. Sadly, even some of the more conservative justices seemed to agree with there being “sensitive places” that are off limits to carrying. I am just tired of these justices not doing what the text says. It isn’t hard. And they know it. They are just refusing to do it.

 

[Frederick]

Yep. We really need to repeal all those laws. Every stinking one of them! Local, state, and federal.

Bill

man imagine if we could have submachine guns for home defense...

 

[AKguy1985]

man imagine if we could have submachine guns for home defense...

MP-5!!!!

 

[Louro]

MP-5!!!!

UZI, Tommy gun fully automatic I'm In. lol

 

[Fredkrueger100]

MP-5!!!!

Or an MP-7!!

 

[XYZ]

 

[BillM]

How is that different than we didn’t like their laws?

https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/laws-forbid-carrying-armsspurious-quotation


The big problem I see with looking to old English law is that it applied primarily in support of landed gentry.

Yep, that was a problem. Thing is, the American Ideal was for all of us to be landed gentry. Didn't quite work that way then, and still doesn't now, but we didn't used to admit that women should have civil rights back then, either. The English changed that, too. Of course, they also went back on it. Just like we seem to be doing. Unless this court stops it.