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Incremetalism at its finest
wsfiredude
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90% of the people on here are cutting cartwheels and breaking out the champagne bottles when there is absolutely no reason to do so. What happened today was a classic example of incrementalism.
I am happy that the good folks of D.C. got their wish, but when you look into the opinion of the court, it leaves the door wide * open for more restrictions. Had the court announced:
"Government has absolutely no right to restrict/regulate RTKBA. NFA 34, GCA 68, HR 2640, etc. are all null and void."
I would be dancing a jig. Unfortunately, that ain't the case. Had the SCOTUS handed down that decision, you would not have Fenty and Daley coming out with responses like, "Well, citizens can only have revolvers, not pistols" or "We can still regulate what people can have, and make them register them."
You see, people the likes of Fenty and Daley are already starting to disassemble the ruling. Why? Because the door was left wide open for them to do so, and believe me, they will.
I am happy that the good folks of D.C. got their wish, but when you look into the opinion of the court, it leaves the door wide * open for more restrictions. Had the court announced:
"Government has absolutely no right to restrict/regulate RTKBA. NFA 34, GCA 68, HR 2640, etc. are all null and void."
I would be dancing a jig. Unfortunately, that ain't the case. Had the SCOTUS handed down that decision, you would not have Fenty and Daley coming out with responses like, "Well, citizens can only have revolvers, not pistols" or "We can still regulate what people can have, and make them register them."
You see, people the likes of Fenty and Daley are already starting to disassemble the ruling. Why? Because the door was left wide open for them to do so, and believe me, they will.
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is incrementalism towards further restirctions?
No matter what direction it is going?
If this indeed was not a bust to the chops of tha anti gun crowd, you would not have the antis scrambling to scrape up the pieces.
Their cause has been delt a blow. What ever size blow you view it as it is definatly a blow to the antis gun crowd.
They are taking it as a kick to the nuts, yet they are beginning to dismantle it using technicalities. It has also postponed the inevitable.
if the nra was smart they would have anticipated the win with heller, and they would have then within 10 minutes of the justices finishing their ruling handed in all the parer work that would have led to a ruling on individual rights for all law abading americans, no matter which state/city they live in.
remember history...the confederates won battle after battle, but still lost!
your fight goes on, and no doubt it will be a long,long fight.
it just makes sense to me to get the court case ready now for the next battle while there are still 5 justices who acknowledge your second amendement attached to your constitution.
celebrate, by all means celebrate, a victory is a victory, but dont leave the trenches yet and go home...if you do you will loose the war.