Originally Posted by
tinydr
I'm also not particularly interested in getting drawn into some sort of extended political discussion on a bicycle-related forum, but I'm going to have to disagree with your interpretation of current understanding of the 2nd amendment likeahorse; the Circuit Courts aren't in agreement about what the 2nd amendment means and SCOTUS has yet to definitively rule on the issue. The Federalist Papers aren't the be all and end all, as I'm sure you're aware...
I should add... depending on the ruling in the DC handgun ban case, this may well be settled soon.
All true, we'll definitely see what the long run is going to be here pretty soon.
The Federalist papers aren't even law abiding, they simply prove without a debt the intent of the framers which is often argued as the reason behind abolishment of the second ammendmant. It's self defeating to assume they intended this to be in regards to a militia 100 years before there was such a thing, when the Federalist papers make it pretty plainly clear as to what they meant when they put it in there.
Either way I have a feeling once Scotus decides something the circuit courts are going to be awash with activity for awhile.
I wish we had more than a two party system. I hate for people to think I'm on the other side of the fence than they are because of one issue.