Comments on: Supreme Court Agrees To Hear D.C. Gun Ban Case http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Stephen Littau http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44740 Stephen Littau Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:57:56 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44740 I agree Brian, U.C. I am confident that Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, and Alito will rule in favor of individual gun rights. I am also confident that Ginsburg and Breyer will take the “collective right” view. As best as I can tell, Souter, Stevens, and Kennedy are the wildcards which the decision will depend. I could imagine that at least one of the three will rule with the individual right view but I wouldn’t count on it.

This illustrates that elections do have consequences. As much as we beat up on President Bush here at The Liberty Papers, how confident would we be today about our 2nd Amendment rights had Al Gore or John Kerry appointed his choices for the Supreme Court? We may well have dodged a bullet in 2000.

]]> By: UCrawford http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44692 UCrawford Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:57:58 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44692 Agreed…if we’re looking for the best possibility of a pro-gun ownership verdict, now’s as good a time as any to get it done. Ron Paul’s still a longshot, the rest of the GOP slate is far from a lock and if Hillary does win in 2008 you can bet she’s not going to be taking the pro-freedom side on this issue.

]]> By: Brian T. Traylor http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44691 Brian T. Traylor Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:51:51 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44691 Stephen,

Seconded, though you have to admit that it’s likely the best time for something like this to go through. With the Democrats looking likely to win the Presidency in 2008, I can’t imagine a more favorable court anytime soon.

]]> By: Stephen Littau http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44638 Stephen Littau Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:18:58 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/20/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-dc-gun-ban-case/#comment-44638 At first blush, I would assume this case to be a slam dunk…then I think of the Kelo ruling.

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