The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | The Second Amendment, guns, and the Supreme Court | Comments http://erlc.com/ This feed provides all comments on "The Second Amendment, guns, and the Supreme Court." en web-master@erlc.com ℗ & © 2008 ERLC Comment 1 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment1 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment1 Strict construction is the only way to view our Constitution.  Either the document has a meaning commensurate with its grammar and the original intent of its framers - as expressed by them in their speeches, public and private papers - or it is the “living document\” that the liberals claim it is.  That is to say, the Constitution in their view changes over time, in keeping with the preferences of those in power.  If that is the case, we effectively have no constitution, and words mean nothing.  Many have already long since adopted this view in regard to Holy Writ, alas…

]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:36:43 CST Comment 2 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment2 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment2 You state:

“...no government entity—local, state, or federal—can totally ban handguns from law-abiding, local citizens.”

While I hope that this is the eventual result of Heller, it remains to be seen whether this finding will apply to any entity other than federal due to the courts patch-work approach to incorporation under the 14th amendment.

I believe that we still need to see what shakes out in places like Chicago and San Francisco prior to applying this ruling to all government entities.

]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:41:52 CST Comment 3 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment3 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment3 I couldn’t agree more with Charles’s comments above.  Well said.  What worries me is the lack of moral consensus in our culture which guided the original framers of our constitution and our laws. When this loss is felt at the level of the Judiciary we end up with simply another form of tyranny not all that different than what our forefathers fought against when they declared independence. I sure hope the Church doesn’t sleep through this.

]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:43:03 CST Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:04:24 CST Comment 4 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment4 http://erlc.com/article/the-second-amendment-guns-and-the-supreme-court#comment4 I find it incredible that four justices, who obviously have an agenda, because how can anybody with a lick of common sense can not understand “The right of the people to keep and bear arms will not be infringed.” I can only conclude that they do not care what the constitution says. They only want to disregard it in favor of their biased views. They do not want to interpet the law, they want it to fit the way they wish it to be, instead of what it plainly says.

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