Supreme Court has consistently failed to restrict gun ownership
JANE Crawford (Letters, December 19) is quite right to argue that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution does provide that a "well-regulated militia" is required to qualify gun ownership.
JANE Crawford (Letters, December 19) is quite right to argue that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution does provide that a \"well-regulated militia\" is required to qualify gun ownership.
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However, a little homework would have shown that this is itself meaningless when a consistently spineless, or worse, Republican-leaning Supreme Court is making the decisions on constitutionality.
The militia clause has been roundly ignored by the Supreme Court of the US on numerous occasions. As recently as 2008, in DC v Heller, Justice Scalia said the Second Amendment "protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home". It will take a massive effort to effect real change against the rampant political interests controlling America's destiny.
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Supreme Court has consistently failed to restrict gun ownership
JANE Crawford (Letters, December 19) is quite right to argue that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution does provide that a "well-regulated militia" is required to qualify gun ownership.
However, a little homework would have shown that this is itself meaningless when a consistently spineless, or worse, Republican-leaning Supreme Court is making the decisions on constitutionality.
The militia clause has been roundly ignored by the Supreme Court of the US on numerous occasions. As recently as 2008, in DC v Heller, Justice Scalia said the Second Amendment "protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home". It will take a massive effort to effect real change against the rampant political interests controlling America's destiny.
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