On 26 Feb 2011 21:27:30 GMT, Han wrote:

dhall987 wrote in
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:27:59 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:
Third, the Constitution says whatever the Supreme Court says it does,
that's why a couple of recent cases have recognized that the 2nd
Amendment protects an individual right to own firearms to the dismay
of all those folks who disagree. So until the court rules there
shouldn't be a federal Dept. of Education, there will be one, and
anyone who disagrees is welcome to vote for the party that is
currently trying to strip funding from any government agency that has
inconvenienced the corporate sponsors of that party.

So I take it from this that you actually WANT to be ruled by a
dictatorship of 9 old people appointed for life?

I believe the Constitution is the supreme law. Whatever Congress enacts
is the law as long as it doesn't conflict with the Constitution.
President appoints Supremes with the consent of the Senate, so all in all
pretty balanced, but still subject to new laws and especially laws'
interpretation. And in my not so humble opinion, that's as it should be.

I prefer 9 very smart old guys over one dictator, any day.


Now personally, I'm really in favor of limiting guns and ammo ...

Crikey, not again. CARS kill more people each year than guns do.

I truly wish you would do some research along that line, Han. Paper
after paper comes out with NO evidence that fewer guns make us safer
and paper after paper comes out with evidence that gun control
increases crime.

Defensive gun use (most weapons not even fired) account for around 1.5
million crimes NOT being committed each year.

The CDC did a comprehensive study on gun control studies and came to
the conclusion that all fifty or so papers were inconclusive because
not one of them had all the parameters of the other 49. IOW, they
couldn't prove their theory for advancing gun control, couldn't prove
its effectiveness.
http://www.vdare.com/francis/gun_control.htm (pro-gun bias, but a good
starting point)

One statistic which should be a dead giveaway to all you wishful gun
controllers is that while the number of guns in American hands has
increased by hundreds of millions, the actual crime rate has gone
down, year after year. PLEASE look into it.

I used to be against handguns until I saw the truth. I truly hope that
you find it, too, before some perp in Manhattan mugs ya.

--
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
--Jack London