[funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad

[Tomas L. Byrnes]

Absolutely! Note that the slaves were the only Americans that were
debarred the use of arms post revolution. Also, the only Supreme Court
decision the anti-gun crowd can point to as supporting their viewpoint,
Cruikshank, is a support of a Jim Crow law by a racist court.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Cruikshank

This decision has been widely repudiated, and now finally, it's last
vestige overturned.

The purpose of the lawsuits against the non-federal entities is to
require that the Supreme Court "incorporate" Heller into the states.
Currently it only applies in Federal jurisdiction.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces at linuxbox.org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces at linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:49 PM
> To: funsec at linuxbox.org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas L. Byrnes [mailto:tomb at byrneit.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:21 PM
> To: Richard M. Smith; funsec at linuxbox.org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad
> 
> >>> The fact that a tyranny would face armed opposition is 
> probably one 
> >>> of the main reasons one hasn't arisen in the US
> 
> Surely slavery was an example of tyranny in America......
> 
> Richard
> 
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