Friday, March 9, 2007

D.C. Residents get One Tenth of their Rights Under the Bill of Rights Back

D.C. Residents get One Tenth of their Rights Under the Bill of Rights Back

Now watch the crime rates in D.C. go down (if this ruling stands). When people can defend themselves criminals are more likely to think twice before they commit crimes against innocent people.

This is the oddest line from the article

Judge Karen Henderson dissented, writing that the Second Amendment does not apply to the District of Columbia because it is not a state.

Just a reminder, the Second Amendment reads:

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

That is the entire amendment. Nowhere is the phrase "Except in the District of Columbia." Even if you accept the argument that "state" did not mean "country" but meant Virginia or New Hampshire, it still makes the blanket statement "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

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