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 stopNo, I'm really not jesting. Can you cite any federal laws that have to
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.)
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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