A friend of mine posted the following:
Quote:..On the Chicago Gun banMy response:
case before the Supreme Court
I have been asked to give my opinion on the up coming case in front of
the Supreme Court on the Chicago gun ban. Read this and understand where
I come from...
I am a believer in the right of all people to
defend themselves..I am ardently pro gun...
but....in this
case...the City of Chicago is right
...sorry folks..and the Kelo
decision does not apply.
WHAT....WHY you ask...
Simple: 2 things
1: Kelo dealt with Washington D.C. which is a Federal entity! The 2nd
amendment applies the the Federal government only.
2: The State of
Illinois is one of a handful of states that does NOT have in its state
constitution a '2nd amendment' provision. So..the City of Chicago can
ban handguns..it does not violate 'the rights of the people of
Illinois' because the people of Illinois according to their
constitution do not have that right.
..but Mike ..but Mike..what
about the the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments?
13th freed the slaves
14th defined what a citizen is.
15th says you can not deny suffrage
to the former slaves.
The Federal Government was created by the
States, NOT the other way around.
I OPPOSE using the 'Incorporation
Doctrine' to force the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to
allow handguns...
just as much as I oppose it being used to force me
to give up mine in Texas.
We live in a federal system..we have
different laws in different states...(and I think that is a good
thing..if you don't fine we disagree)..and different takes on
things...official bullies be damned!
Quote:That's a well thought out argument there. A very
good catch by you on the difference between federal and state law. If
I'm for states rights (and I am) then it would be hypocritical of me to
want the Fed to mandate that Chicago give up its gun law. The federal
government should make no law abridging the right of the people to bear
arms. But that doesn't stop a state or local municipal government from
regulating it.
Just means as a citizen it's your duty not to
just pay attention every 4 years, but ALL the time and watch your local
and state legislators as well as Washington. If you want to make sure
it's impossible for a state to ban guns, get THEIR Supreme Court to make
a ruling on it, not the SCOTUS.