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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Well, I'm not sure if you were talking to me or Marie, but I was 
thinking about it from the other way.  I grew up next to the town of 
Kennesaw, Ga...have you ever heard of it?
Back in the early 80's, the sleepy town of Kennesaw created quite a stir 
when they passed a law requiring every household to have a gun...that's 
pretty much a local thing...so I was thinking locally...of course, you 
gotta realize I grew up in that County, Cobb County (home of one greasy 
politician named Newt Gingrich...Mr. Conservative Hypocrit if there was one)
I know and I glad that we have base protection federally, but when it 
comes to specifics as to who can do what and when, usually the state 
decides.  Isn't it the state that determines how long you have to wait, 
what kind of background check you get, and what kind of gun you can buy 
and from whom?  Or, does that fall solely under ATF jurisdiction? 
Anyway, I think it all should be done on a local basis.

Bev

Gloria Morris wrote:
> With all due respect, gun control is not a state issue. The Bill of Rights
> specifically guarantees the right to bear arms. The Bill of Rights was made
> applicable to the states by the 14th amendment. It is a federal issue if
> ever there was one. If the Supreme Court rules that the Second Amendment is
> an individual right, then states have no more business controlling guns than
> they have controlling speech or religion.There are severe limits on states
> with respect to laws they can pass that might infringe on speech or
> religion. The same should be true of the right to bear arms (at least as I
> read that amendment - not every attorney agrees).
>
> Gloria
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:34 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Surely you jest, Marie...when did a little problem like that ever stop
> > > the feds from interfering?  If they aren't already, half or more of all
> > > the "issues" in this 'national' campaign should be in the state or local
> > > domain, not the fed..jmo..(think gun control, education, welfare, etc.)
> > > etc.)
> > No, I'm really not jesting. Can you cite any federal laws that have to
> > do with smoking? TV ads are banned and warning labels were mandated
> > because of interstate commerce. Heck, the feds used to support tobacco
> > farmers.
> >
> > For the most part, gun control is also a state issue. So is abortion.
> > They're used to make noise in national elections to turn out social
> > conservatives to vote for Republicans.
> >
> > The states wouldn't need to put up with interference from the feds on
> > education and welfare eitheer if they didn't want federal money.
> >
> > Marie
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