Gun Free Zones

[Old Salt]

I predict that no great ripples will be made. Especially in an electon year. I know Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life but politics is politics.

 

I predict that nothing will change. They will rule that the 2A includes individual rights but they will also rule that practical limitations are allowed.

That's where there could be trouble. Whose definition of "practical" do you use? The city of Washington thinks their handgun ban is "practical". They'd have to define the term to avoid confusion and more lawsuits. Even though they're deciding a Washington, DC case, I don't think they'd leave it that far up in the air. If they define "reasonable" or "practical", they'd probably leave the limitation on fully automatic weapons and weapons that have no practical purpose in private hands (assault rifles{?}, hand-held missiles, tanks, etc.).

[ImWithStupid]

That's where there could be trouble. Whose definition of "practical" do you use? The city of Washington thinks their handgun ban is "practical". They'd have to define the term to avoid confusion and more lawsuits. Even though they're deciding a Washington, DC case, I don't think they'd leave it that far up in the air. If they define "reasonable" or "practical", they'd probably leave the limitation on fully automatic weapons and weapons that have no practical purpose in private hands (assault rifles{?}, hand-held missiles, tanks, etc.).

 

I wasn't saying that "practical" would be the wording that they would use. I was just saying that I wouldn't plan on much changing from this case.

[Old Salt]

I wasn't saying that "practical" would be the wording that they would use. I was just saying that I wouldn't plan on much changing from this case.

I understood what you were saying and I agree with you. One thing about politics, though. If it's June when the ruling is announced, that's a long time before the elections. Lots of time for the spin meisters to do their work.

[ImWithStupid]

I understood what you were saying and I agree with you. One thing about politics, though. If it's June when the ruling is announced, that's a long time before the elections. Lots of time for the spin meisters to do their work.

 

That's another reason that I don't forsee much to come of this. If nothing changes, not much to spin.

[snafu]

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 03/18/2008 | Supreme Court justices critical of D.C. gun ban

 

"Here you've got local legislation in response to local needs, and this is local legislation in the seat of the government," attorney and Duke Law School professor Walter Dellinger argued on behalf of the District of Columbia.