Why oh why can't the sheeple in Canuckistan understand this?

 

District of Columbia et al v. Heller

 

The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to

self-defense) violate the Second Amendment. The District’s total ban

on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an

entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the

lawful purpose of self-defense. Under any of the standards of scrutiny

the Court has applied to enumerated constitutional rights, this

prohibition—in the place where the importance of the lawful defense

of self, family, and property is most acute—would fail constitutional

muster. Similarly, the requirement that any lawful firearm in the

home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible

for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and

is hence unconstitutional.

It's about time the court got something right on this issue. The gun control nuts here trot out the "well ordered militia" stuff on a regular basis, but they never take the time to think about who makes up this force. I hate to disillusion them, but it's made up of gun owners like me.

 

Buddha

It's about time the court got something right on this issue. The gun control nuts here trot out the "well ordered militia" stuff on a regular basis, but they never take the time to think about who makes up this force. I hate to disillusion them, but it's made up of gun owners like me.

 

Buddha

 

It seems that they convieniently forget about the rest of that sentience, the part about "shall not be infringed".

 

If it were me calling the shots, people would be able to buy anything from Ruger 10-22s on through Uzi SMGs and H&K G36s to old German 88mm guns (people already do the latter, but munitions for them are a pain to find. People do own 105mm howitzers to clear mountain passes in places like Alaska and parts of the Sierra and Rockies, so why not automatics? Further down on the stupid dial; people can buy old-school cannons out of Dixie Gun Catalogue at any age with their daddy's credit card but you have to be 21 to own an F*ing HANDGUN!? I think I could kill more people with an artillery shell than a few bullets). The only stipulation would be the licences to sell such. If the individual states what to ban or limit certain classes of guns, their folly.

Speaking as a former street punk, before the USN sent me to 'Nam and made me respectable, I can safely state that I can tear an antenna off a parked car and kill someone with it. That's just walking down the street and taking advantage of what's available. Look around your kitchens, boys. You all have an arsenal of deadly weapons in the knife rack alone. Guns may look cool and make noise, but the result is the same.

 

Buddha

Speaking as a former street punk, before the USN sent me to 'Nam and made me respectable, I can safely state that I can tear an antenna off a parked car and kill someone with it. That's just walking down the street and taking advantage of what's available. Look around your kitchens, boys. You all have an arsenal of deadly weapons in the knife rack alone. Guns may look cool and make noise, but the result is the same.

 

Buddha

 

Exactly! Hell, I how to make a cheep form of napalm: styrofoam and gasoline. Mix it up, pour into a glass bottle, seal the opening and wrap some burning newspaper to the neck and throw.