Don't worry - residents will be limited to one handgun apiece (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/06/dc_attorney_general_all_guns_m.html?hpid=topnews).
0. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 1. The constitution allows for states to have militias in order to fight against the federal gov't. DC is not a state and has no militia. And no state militia has a chance of fighting against the federal gov't. Especially without WMDs and tanks and such (which are still prohibited to non-federal miliitas). 2. I don't see an intrinsic value in the constitution. It's not a sacred document, nor is it unalterable. 3. Article III Section 1: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." 4. The Supreme Court decision has the ability to redefine terms in the Constitution based on precedent and current feelings. They just did - redefining the second amendment to allow private individuals to have guns. No matter what way they decided would have upheld the Constitution, which (as it should be) is more about process than law.
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Date: 2008-06-26 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-27 02:38 pm (UTC)1. The constitution allows for states to have militias in order to fight against the federal gov't. DC is not a state and has no militia. And no state militia has a chance of fighting against the federal gov't. Especially without WMDs and tanks and such (which are still prohibited to non-federal miliitas).
2. I don't see an intrinsic value in the constitution. It's not a sacred document, nor is it unalterable.
3. Article III Section 1: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
4. The Supreme Court decision has the ability to redefine terms in the Constitution based on precedent and current feelings. They just did - redefining the second amendment to allow private individuals to have guns. No matter what way they decided would have upheld the Constitution, which (as it should be) is more about process than law.