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Quote by: gallo  That's actually correct as I understand it. Washington, D.C. is special. The Court could possibly strike down/uphold the D.C. gun laws and at the same time limit the effect of that opinion to D.C. alone. This case has come from federal courts without any consideration in any state court. However, if a case from the jurisdiction of a state is cited, Miller (307 U.S. 174) for example, then argument could be made that the opinion applied to all levels of government in all states.
Of course, the Court might decide that while a total ban on firearms is a violation of the 2nd Amendment, reasonable restrictions on the possession and carrying of them is not. They will have to be very careful in how they word their decision in that case. For example, what are "reasonable restrictions"? |
I think DC thought it was reasonable because we have so many important people moving about in DC, form the President to most anyone else that a terrorist or extremist whack-o might want to kill for political reasons, or to prevent those people form getting killed in a mugging due to poverty problems at that location.
Needless to say allowing people to bear arms inside the Supreme Court is not going to "fly well" with a judge. Or inside the White House, Congress building, etc. The limitation was in focus on handguns and not guns normally used for hunting purposes. Which is odd because a rifle would be more useful to a sniper then a handgun ( opinon). But they are a bit harder to hide when entering buidlings.
Would a car be viewed as a place to apply such a "resonable restiction", if the car is your personal property?
I can imagine a lot of smaller cases about what locations are reasonable will follow if the court does not spell out clear details, if they word it to avoid such then they better gear up for a lot of new cases in the courts.
Hmm? Are places that were once reasonable when the Consitution was written still reasonable in our modern times?
Is it still reasonable to believe that people with handguns can defend thier self from a federal governing that has tanks and nuclear bombs?
Will "the south rise again"?
Sorry, some of the questions are lame. As you might have expected.