Comments on: Supreme Court Ruling On Handguns Wrongheaded

By: Blake Uppleger

Blake Uppleger — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:59:57 +0000

the idiot who let a 3 year old play with a loaded gun needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law! will it be a liberal judge(probation) or a conservative judge (death penalty)
I hope it is the latter

By: notalib

notalib — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:55:18 +0000

All of the blunders of GW administration, his appointment of Supreme Court justices who put the interest of America first instead of ideology is something that all of America can be proud of. The 2nd Amendment has been under attack for a long time by people who use the Constitution as if it was written for just a select few instead of all citizens.

With Mr McCain soon to become our next president, and a couple of the far left judges soon to retire, hopefully real soon, the court will become a strong court that will defend America and her people from the tyrants of the extreme left, whose goal is to bring America to her kness in a godless secular society.

By: Ferrell Gummitt

Ferrell Gummitt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:30:09 +0000

The only thing the Supreme Court did yesterday was say that if you NOT a convicted felon or a head case or an illegal alien and you want a gun to defend yourself and your family then you should be able to have one. They did not say everyone and their mama can get 52 AK-47 Rifles at the Church Gun Sale.

Now, riddle me this Batman:

What is one of the first things Hitler, Castro and the Yahoo who rules Venezuela right now do when they seized power? Answer: They seized everyone’s guns.

By: hangemall

hangemall — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:21:31 +0000

Personally I have never heard or read of a handgun killing anyone but I do read about people killing people all the time. A gun is an inanimate object it takes a hand to wield it. The bottom line is there are too many STUPID people in America and unfortunately stupidity is incurable.
This country does need nationwide stiff handgun control. In countries where stiffer laws are strictly enforced gun deaths are much lower though not extinct. I do not enjoy reading the fact there were 37 people shot, seven of which died, over an April weekend in Chicago or there are children involved in accidental or intentional death by guns. Unfortunately for the children involved in gun accidents their parents are obviously lacking in the IQ and common sense department.
However I am more disgusted by the continued perversion of our Constitution. At one point in time our President was elected by the popular vote not an electoral college system. The Vice President was elected the same way. They did not run as a team and were not permitted to be from the same state. And this is in the main body of the Constitution it’s not even an amendment. I could go on but I think ya get the point. I have no problem with stiffer regulation but some people, like with everything else, want to take it too far and completely ban guns.
I have a question for those who oppose anyone owning a gun. We have a serious problem, a shrinking middle class tax base and with taxes being what pays your law enforcement officials this is a problem. The poor cannot shoulder the burden and the wealthy, well we all know the tax tables and laws, are not going to foot the bill. We already have a shortage of police officers in many cities and smaller towns are forced to share cops or rely on State Troopers. So… exactly how long are you willing to wait for help to arrive after you’ve stealthily called 911 on your GPS loaded cell phone? Quite frankly you’d be better off calling your neighbor, though you may be diametrical opposites in every possible way, he has a gun and knows how to use it.
There are intelligent people who sell, own and collect guns. They handle their business correctly and should not be punished due to morons and oops almost forgot just plain murderers. What comes next outlawing knives because stabbing deaths are on the rise because the perpetrator can’t get their hands on a gun? Being facetious here folks so chill, although death by stabbing is on the rise. Then what? Mandating everyone eat diet food because our nation’s rear end size is ever broadening, we can’t fit through the door and will have a heart attack? At least gun death is quick most of the time – death by Ho-Ho’s is long and arduous.
There is a middle ground and we have to find it, I do not want guns completely outlawed as some extremists do but I do want a uniform code enforced.
Message to the extremists – you cannot mandate everything contrary to popular belief and myth.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:29:39 +0000

Deke and Sean: you both kind of skirt the issue here, which is not “what would be the best policy,” but rather, “what does the text of the Second Amendment mean”?

By: John Slocum

John Slocum — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:43:16 +0000

Maybe the legal fight to keep this country from being overrun by gun deaths will need to be accompanied by a massive shaming campaign targeting manufacturers and sellers. Our country tolerates a level of shooting deaths that no other developed country in the world comes close to approaching on either an absolute or per-capita level. We are less safe as a result. It is a national disgrace.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:40:30 +0000

It’s scary to imagine Sean with a gun.

By: sean

sean — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:02:40 +0000

thank god the second amendment has been upheld.it has been PROVEN over and over again that when you take guns out of the hands of law obiding citizens,gun violence goes UP. kennasaw ga. has actually mandated that all residents of that city must own a firearm and the crime level there is virtually non-existent.we need more s.c. justices like john roberts and fewer like ruth bader liberalsberg!