12-16-2012, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
....absolutely wrong there Tony.
In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions concerning the Second Amendment. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia[1][2] and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. In dicta, the Court listed many longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession as being consistent with the Second Amendment.[3] In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.[4]
You see the Second Amendment is based on preventing tyranny, any kind. So when my local or federal police stop looking and acting like Gestapo Stormtroopers:

Then we can talk about possibly banning assault rifles.
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And the 2nd amendment needs to be amended to reflect society today. Not when we had marauding British around and no army
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