Comments on: REFLECTIONS ON HELLER, Part III http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/07/19/reflections-on-heller-part-iii/ Massad Ayoob on Firearms, Self-defense, and the 2nd Amendment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bob niederman http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/07/19/reflections-on-heller-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-221 bob niederman Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:39:31 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=68#comment-221 Justice Stevens must be senile. The whole purpose of the Bill of Rights was "to limit the tools available to "... the Tools. As Scalia writes: " We know of no other enumerated constitutional right whose core protection has been subjected to a freestanding “interest-balancing” approach. The very enumeration of the right takes out of the hands of government—even the Third Branch of Government—the power to decide on a case-by-case basis whether the right is really worth insisting upon. A constitutional guarantee subject to future judges’ assessments of its usefulness is no constitutional guarantee at all." So much for Stevens. Justice Stevens must be senile. The whole purpose of the Bill of Rights was “to limit the tools available to “… the Tools.

As Scalia writes:

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We know of no other enumerated constitutional right whose core protection has been subjected to a freestanding “interest-balancing” approach. The very enumeration of the right takes out of the hands of government—even the Third Branch of Government—the power to decide on a case-by-case basis whether the right is really worth insisting
upon. A constitutional guarantee subject to future judges’ assessments of its usefulness is no constitutional guarantee at all.”

So much for Stevens.

]]> By: Brogan http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/07/19/reflections-on-heller-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Brogan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:20:29 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=68#comment-220 There is a great article Right here on BWH that is very relevant to this discussion. It is in Issue #58 titled “We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment” By John Silveira. The article goes into great detail on the second amendment and its true intent and interpretation. You can read it in the John Silveira’s Colum area. It’s worth your time. ~Brogan There is a great article Right here on BWH that is very relevant to this discussion. It is in Issue #58 titled “We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment” By John Silveira. The article goes into great detail on the second amendment and its true intent and interpretation. You can read it in the John Silveira’s Colum area. It’s worth your time.

~Brogan

]]> By: Chris http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/07/19/reflections-on-heller-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Chris Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:15:14 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=68#comment-219 Great idea publishing this blog. Since there's a significant delay in reaching the market for most of what you write (magazine lead times, etc), it's great to find a forum where you can put your thoughts down on paper practically instantaneously, especially for those of us who are LFI alums. Keep up the good work. Chris Great idea publishing this blog. Since there’s a significant delay in reaching the market for most of what you write (magazine lead times, etc), it’s great to find a forum where you can put your thoughts down on paper practically instantaneously, especially for those of us who are LFI alums.

Keep up the good work.

Chris

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