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Originally Posted by Gozer
The suggestion being made is that a future SCOTUS could reverse the Heller decision and revoke an unlimited personal right to gun ownership.
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The Heller decision really did little to impact the 2nd amendment or gun ownership in the United States.
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Attempts to shout down these conversations reeks of an effort to ensure purity of loyalists.
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What are you talking about?
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Originally Posted by Gozer
No one is takin about executive orders or Constitutional conventions. That's just obfuscation.
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Obfuscation? How so? That's the only way the president can create law, and that's the only way the 2nd amendment gets changed.
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Scalia and the Heller decision changed the 2nd amendment. A future court could revise and reverse that ruling.
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The 2nd amendment was not changed. The language remains the same. Something you are not taking into consideration is that gun laws are also entrenched in state constitutions. You really need to consider states rights and their impact on the overall landscape of gun ownership. If anything, gun controls are getting weaker because of states exercising their rights and removing restrictions and controls on guns. Obama has tried to place some level of controls on weapons, and how you get them, but the states have the right to ignore those directives and continue on, business as usual.
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When Clinton was attacking Bernie as 'dangerous' on guns - what did she think was the difference between their policies?
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Here is a real good article on why Heller is likely a challenge not worth taking on.
http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/09/th...erturn-heller/
"Those who believe a liberal Supreme Court would overturn Heller see the Justices as playing checkers when in fact they are playing chess. Even if the liberal Justices have no taste for gun rights, they are not going to overturn Heller in a fit of passion. The Justices understand the long game and they know that whatever they decide about the Second Amendment is not the final word. Their decision will be digested by We the People – and, if the Court goes too far, it will be rejected. As a result, we can expect to see Heller remain the law of the land for the foreseeable future no matter who fills Justice Scalia’s seat."