Re: #DC Mayor Tries To Keep Handguns Banned

On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:00:12 -0400, "Brian Carey"
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>"4114 Dead" <zeppp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>Scalia specifically wrote that Amendmen 2 guarantees an individual
right
>>>>>to
>>>>>keep and bear arms.
>>>>>
>>>>>That would include semi-automatic pistols.
>>>>
>>>> Scaly isn't the court.
>>>
>>>The holding specifically states that Amendment 2 guarantees an
individual
>>>right to keep and bear arms.  5 justices agreed to that.  That would be
a
>>>majority of the court.
>>
>> They also agreed that state and local communities can register and
>> \=licence handguns.
>
>They actually didn't rule on that.  The ALLOWED DC to go on with
licensing 
>and registration because Heller didn't challenge it.

Actually, they DID rule on that.  In fact, that was the central part
of their ruling.
>
>But that's not the point.  The point is that the holding does not 
>distinguish between revolvers and semis.

I didn't say it did.  But local communities can distinguish between
the two.
>
>>>Actually they ordered DC to register Heller's gun and give him a
license 
>>>to
>>>carry it.
>>
>> No, they merely said that there must be an apparatus to have licensing
>> and registration available.
>
>"the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue
him 
>a license to carry it in the home."

Care to show me where in the decision that phrase appears?
>
>What part of that doesn't parse for you? 
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