Comments on: Quote of the Year http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 1894C http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202306 1894C Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202306 SA, I'll take a very minor victory over a major defeat any day. This is a good day! Regards, 1894C SA,

I’ll take a very minor victory over a major defeat any day.

This is a good day!

Regards,

1894C

]]> By: straightarrow http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202237 straightarrow Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:22:59 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202237 this is a very minor victory for us. It could be a Pyrrhic victory if we are not alert and active. This is no time to rest. The other side is already looking at the weasel words as license to infringe if only they do it more creatively than they have had to do in the past. Which will make it even more difficult to correct if they find solace in the weasel words of this decision. Stare Decisis and Precedent, anyone? this is a very minor victory for us. It could be a Pyrrhic victory if we are not alert and active. This is no time to rest. The other side is already looking at the weasel words as license to infringe if only they do it more creatively than they have had to do in the past.

Which will make it even more difficult to correct if they find solace in the weasel words of this decision. Stare Decisis and Precedent, anyone?

]]> By: Alcibiades McZombie http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202202 Alcibiades McZombie Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:05:29 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202202 CNN talking head brought up "assault weapons"... CNN talking head brought up “assault weapons”…

]]> By: Chas http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202201 Chas Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:02:46 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202201 Victory! Victory!

]]> By: gattsuru http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202200 gattsuru Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:00:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202200 It didn't even find mandatory licensing and registration schemes unlawful. It could have been worse, but it was a very, very tightly-written result. It didn’t even find mandatory licensing and registration schemes unlawful. It could have been worse, but it was a very, very tightly-written result.

]]> By: blounttruth http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202197 blounttruth Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:56:52 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202197 Someone pinch me. So I can stop worrying about their conspiring to take over the world? I had a nightmare starring G.W. riding a shark with a laser beam on its head last night. Huge victory in my opinion, it has renewed my faith in the U.S., at least for today.... Its things like this I worry about and am damned glad I was wrong in the end! BT Someone pinch me. So I can stop worrying about their conspiring to take over the world? I had a nightmare starring G.W. riding a shark with a laser beam on its head last night. Huge victory in my opinion, it has renewed my faith in the U.S., at least for today…. Its things like this I worry about and am damned glad I was wrong in the end!

BT

]]> By: Dad http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202193 Dad Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47:26 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202193 How will the " Liberal Media " react ? Just watch the news in the future, everytime a gun is involved in something, it will be the lead story and it will be blamed on this ruling. How will the ” Liberal Media ” react ? Just watch the news in the future, everytime a gun is involved in something, it will be the lead story and it will be blamed on this ruling.

]]> By: 1894C http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202191 1894C Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:39 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202191 Huzzah! Huzzah!

]]> By: Michael http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202190 Michael Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:43:24 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202190 The opinion spends quite a bit of time distinguishing "military arms", and arms designed for use by the military. Does this forshadow a renewed effort against "Assault Weapons", and the ownership of AR-15s and other weapons? Now, many of these arguments are bordering on specious, as many common arms now recognized as clearly civilian were originally designed for military use. The 1911 anybody? What about the '98 Mauser, on which pretty much all modern bolt action rifles are based? It will be interesting to see how this gets spun and how this all plays out in lower courts and in the media. The opinion spends quite a bit of time distinguishing “military arms”, and arms designed for use by the military. Does this forshadow a renewed effort against “Assault Weapons”, and the ownership of AR-15s and other weapons? Now, many of these arguments are bordering on specious, as many common arms now recognized as clearly civilian were originally designed for military use. The 1911 anybody? What about the ’98 Mauser, on which pretty much all modern bolt action rifles are based?

It will be interesting to see how this gets spun and how this all plays out in lower courts and in the media.

]]> By: Nomen Nescio http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202189 Nomen Nescio Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:43:12 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202189 trainer, that language seemed to me to be the narrowing clauses i'd been expecting; Scalia making it clear he wasn't ruling on carry permits, or machineguns, or anything else, just on Heller and possession of handguns in the home. well enough, we can discuss the rest of those matters in separate cases. as i was agreeing with Uncle earlier there'll inevitably be more cases to iron out the further details anyway, and this looks to me like a list of details they're specifically leaving for such future arguments. so far, about as good as i was ever hoping for and maybe a bit better. a good day, all in all. could've wished for a larger majority, but meh, this'll do. trainer, that language seemed to me to be the narrowing clauses i’d been expecting; Scalia making it clear he wasn’t ruling on carry permits, or machineguns, or anything else, just on Heller and possession of handguns in the home. well enough, we can discuss the rest of those matters in separate cases. as i was agreeing with Uncle earlier there’ll inevitably be more cases to iron out the further details anyway, and this looks to me like a list of details they’re specifically leaving for such future arguments.

so far, about as good as i was ever hoping for and maybe a bit better. a good day, all in all. could’ve wished for a larger majority, but meh, this’ll do.

]]> By: ZerCool http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202183 ZerCool Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:34:58 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202183 I'll one-up ya: "The Second Amendment would be nonsensical if it read, 'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to petition for redress of grievances shall not be infringed.'” I’ll one-up ya:
“The Second Amendment would be nonsensical if it read, ‘A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to petition for redress of grievances shall not be infringed.’”

]]> By: trainer http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/26/quote-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-202182 trainer Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:33:54 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16211#comment-202182 ...with some weasel words in there... Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. But all in all good. I'm interested in what the lib justices are going to say in dissent. …with some weasel words in there…

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed
weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms
in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms.

But all in all good.

I’m interested in what the lib justices are going to say in dissent.

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