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Enemy Territory

Mar 2nd 2008RavenJanie's Got A Gun & Raven

Just to be clear– enemy territory:

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1. Ranten N. Raven on 03 Mar 2008 at Mon 03 March 2008 19:43:17 #

   Great map! Been reading the briefs in the District of Columbia vs. Heller case (the DC gun law case the map is about) There are a couple of points in one excellent brief you really should see. This brief is addressing the mistakes, distortions, and lies of the gun-grabbers. For your amusement, may I present the very best of http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290bsacCitizensCommittee.pdf:

   4. Tennessee
   The District cites Act of Jan. 27, 1838, ch. 137,
   1837-1838 Tenn. Pub. Acts 200 (“Tennessee Statute”),
   as a further example of early gun control. (Pet.Br. 42.)
   The Chicago Brief claimed that it “banned the sale of
   any concealable weapon, including all pistols, ‘except
   such as are used in the army and navy of the United
   States, and known as the navy pistol.’ ” (Brief of the
   City of Chicago and the Board of Education for the
   City of Chicago (“Chicago Brief ”) 13-14.) No portion
   of this quote appears in the Tennessee Statute, nor
   does it contain any reference to the army or navy. It
   banned the sale of “any Bowie knife or knives, or
   Arkansas toothpick,” or other knives resembling
   these. It is revealing that to support its thin historical
   claims, the District cited a narrowly tailored knife
   regulation.
   5. Georgia
   Several amici supporting the District cited the
   Georgia Act of Dec. 25, 1837, 1837 Ga. Laws 90, banning
   pistols, in order to imply that handgun prohibitions
   do not violate the Constitution. (Chicago Brief
   14; Brief of Law Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and
   Adam Winkler 18; Appleseed Brief 13.) However,
   these amici inexplicably failed to disclose that Georgia’s
   pistol ban was held unconstitutional as violating
   the natural right of self-defense and the Second
   Amendment’s right to bear arms, which included,
   “[t]he right of the whole people, old and young, men,
   women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and
   bear arms of every description[.]” Nunn v. State, 1
   Ga. 243, 251 (1846) (state could constitutionally
   prohibit concealing a pistol but not prohibit carrying
   it).
   [Emphasis Added by Ranten N. Raven]

   Lying to the Supreme Court–Oh, that’s impressive! These are just what I think are the two best paragraphs in that brief. The whole thing is GREAT! All the biggest lies and distortions shot right down.

   All the briefs are at http://dcguncase.com/blog/case-filings/ and I highly recommend you spend some time there. Just browse the tables of content if nothing else.

   Oral arguments are scheduled for March 18. IT’S THE GUN-GRABBER’S NIGHTMARE COME TRUE!

2. Raven on 04 Mar 2008 at Tue 04 March 2008 07:09:46 #

   I’ll be paying close attention to it all…there is a lot at stake. I believe every responsible American deserves the right to defend themselves…with or without a gun. It should be our choice though and not the gubmints.