fly Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Not sure how many knew that for the past 28 years Chicago residents were not allowed to legally own a handgun! The only conservative branch of government remaining (judicial) decides to uphold the constitution (barely: 5 justices to 4)! The four dissenting justices: Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. Although I've heard Kegan would have voted with the majority I'm still glad she's eplacing one of the 4 and not one of the 5. I expect the crime rate in Chicago to go down a bit, at least until Mayor Daley imposes new gun owning restrictions (he has stated he will) that make it near impossible for Chicago residents to legally defend themselves. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/28/us.scotus.handgun.ban/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 No comments on the 5-4 judicial decission? Pretty scarry to me knowing just one justice made the difference for upholding our constitutional rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 No comments on the 5-4 judicial decission? Pretty scarry to me knowing just one justice made the difference for upholding our constitutional rights. Scarey for sure Frank. Been a bit busy lately, have not kept up with alot of things I would like to. This should have been a 9-0 decision, the 4 voting against the rights afforded us all in this country by the constitution in my opinion are anti American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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