Clay Cramer finds another positive in the 2nd Circuit's ruling:
2. Because the decision recognizes that the right is individual in nature, this isn't a technical win for us, but opens up the door to challenging other federal gun control laws to help determine what are the limits of Congressional and Executive branch authority. For example, if I'm camping in Yellowstone, does the Second Amendment protect my right to have an appropriate grizzly bear discouragement device in my tent? There's a plausible argument based on this decision that I do.
(When Cramer says 'it's not a technical win,' he simply means that the Court re-affirmed what was obviously the case--that the RKBA is individual, not corporate.)
There are lots of Federal restrictions on possession, (not to mention Dunderhead Doyle's obstinacy in Wisconsin and the supporting role played by ScreechinShirley here.)
It would now seem that many of those restrictions are in play.
"For example, if I'm camping in Yellowstone, does the Second Amendment protect my right to have an appropriate grizzly bear discouragement device in my tent?"
ReplyDeleteYes you can, it's called "bear spray", preferably, "Counter Assault". More than half of Yellowstone campers don't bring anything at all except their brains. No guns (illegal and should be), no bear spray, and very few incidences occur, about 1 per year. The incidences that do occur are because people are so damn insistent on being negligent about their food. Is that the bears problem? No. Most people have balls and a brain or a lot of luck. I suggest you rely on yours and leave your gun at home. That's the bear territory YOU are encroaching on, not yours.
A hiker
Your post, hiker, should be enshrined as the "Twit Of The Week Post."
ReplyDeleteConsider yourself nominated.
By the way, you ought to learn English grammar and spelling.