One of the strengths of Heller was quoting from the many state constitutions written at about the same time that referenced any right to bear arms. None were identical to the 2nd Amendment, and the SCOTUS is not required to regard those as precedent. However, it is very useful in attempting to understand what the framers meant.
As mentioned at your place at least once, I also think the Miller decision ultimately ends up in the same place on at least the AR-15 as the Heller decision: i.e., that this particular rifle is currently the single most defended by the 2A. That's interesting, since very different logics are employed in these decisions, but they arrive at the same place. So-called 'assault weapons bans' end up not being the first, common-sense step in gun control; they end up being a violation of the most protected core of the right enshrined by the 2A.
I read one of Schlicter's novels a few weeks ago. It was great fun, but the text might almost have been replaced by pages of "schadenfreude comeuppance" repeated at length. Hardly a paragraph goes by when some progressive loser isn't humiliated or killed because he stupidly refused to bear arms. It's revenge porn popcorn. For a similar effect with a little more plot and attention to characters, I prefer John Ringo. But tonight I'm back to Jane Austen, comeuppance literature with a lighter touch.
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One of the strengths of Heller was quoting from the many state constitutions written at about the same time that referenced any right to bear arms. None were identical to the 2nd Amendment, and the SCOTUS is not required to regard those as precedent. However, it is very useful in attempting to understand what the framers meant.
I agree, that is true and helpful.
As mentioned at your place at least once, I also think the Miller decision ultimately ends up in the same place on at least the AR-15 as the Heller decision: i.e., that this particular rifle is currently the single most defended by the 2A. That's interesting, since very different logics are employed in these decisions, but they arrive at the same place. So-called 'assault weapons bans' end up not being the first, common-sense step in gun control; they end up being a violation of the most protected core of the right enshrined by the 2A.
I read one of Schlicter's novels a few weeks ago. It was great fun, but the text might almost have been replaced by pages of "schadenfreude comeuppance" repeated at length. Hardly a paragraph goes by when some progressive loser isn't humiliated or killed because he stupidly refused to bear arms. It's revenge porn popcorn. For a similar effect with a little more plot and attention to characters, I prefer John Ringo. But tonight I'm back to Jane Austen, comeuppance literature with a lighter touch.
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