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Court removes one of the toughest US laws on keeping guns

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Mar 10, 2007, 14:35 GMT


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Chicago Next, Thank GoodnessMar 10th, 2007 - 15:26:24

Now we can get Chicago's law overturned, too, so I am not a criminal for keeping my own pistol in my home for protection in this murderous city.

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Mark JMar 10th, 2007 - 15:34:38

This is a good start to protecting everyone's second amendment rights. Each law abiding citizen should have the right to protect their family despite geographical location.

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Jeff T.Mar 10th, 2007 - 15:49:53

These types of laws are ridiculous in the first place... Criminals dont follow laws!!

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Dave OMar 10th, 2007 - 15:52:50

I live in AZ, almost everybody has a gun or two around the house. Not just the bad guys and cops. I think we need to spend more time getting the guns out of the bad guys hands, not good citizens.

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Todd LMar 10th, 2007 - 15:53:11

Never mind beware of dog, beware of owner! Great news! Bad news for the crooks and murders.

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Disgruntled ReaderMar 10th, 2007 - 15:59:26

I would like to read this article but the 'I Think I Love My Wife' pop-up is blocking most of the real text. Please stop using obnoxious advertising methods,

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SP4: Hold your Horses...Mar 10th, 2007 - 16:31:02

This is probably going to the Supreme Court. They wer ethe one's that added two and two and got three.

Nonetheless, it's stellar news for those who know correctly that protection is the right and obligation of the citizen.

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BobbyMar 10th, 2007 - 16:40:21

The liberals must be crapping themselves.

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tonny from belgiumMar 10th, 2007 - 18:29:23

Why do you all need guns?To defend yourself against criminals ?Is that it ?Well it doesn' work that way .How come there is so much less gun related crime here in europ ?Simply because nobody is allowed to have any .

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hankMar 10th, 2007 - 21:46:43

sounds good to me . id love to kill my neighbor .as he's from pakistan .now i can

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I wantMar 11th, 2007 - 00:05:01

it legal to own and keep my two dozen phosphorus grenades. Kinda of like the right to bear arms except I just don't like guns yet I still need protection. I drop one of those down a burglars pants and it just might ruin his day.

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SP4: Let's look at Europe, Tony...Mar 11th, 2007 - 00:05:58

French riots: Solution, censorship. France bars individuals from posting clips of the violence on the Internet. Cool, huh?

Spanish Bombings: Solution, capitulate to terror.

Carlos Martinez - commits acts of terror for thirty years without capture. Who was on the case, Tony, Inspector Clouseau?

Terrorist kills Dutch author, and outspoken Islamist complains: solution, run her out of Holland. Sounds like the KKK to me.

No, Tony, I'll take the good ol USA's society any day. Also, many Europeans own guns, but mostly land owners. How fair is that?

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watch outMar 11th, 2007 - 13:33:08

watch what you say .sp4 is a backstabber

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Randy45Mar 11th, 2007 - 17:10:36

Europe has a low incidence of gun violence, except for the influx of immigrants, because the need for individuality, freedom, and independence has been bred out of them over the last 500 years or so. The feudal system was so prevalent in Europe that individuality became a rare thing. Hence, violence of any kind became abhorrent to them. However, things are gradually changing in Europe as we see at their soccer games. Our ancestors came to the new world because they were different and wanted something else and were willing to take a chance to better themselves or die trying. Settling of the new world required one to have weapons. So we became gun owners and the Europeans became a bunch of wusses.

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SP4: Randy may be rightMar 11th, 2007 - 17:54:04

Censorship, loss of personal rights, Euthanasia. Europe's slowly slipping into Marxism. OH and Tony from Belgium, your country is leading the way.

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heartlessMar 12th, 2007 - 16:09:36

I agree with Randy. We in the USA have a different cultural attitude towards violence.

I really don't understand the 'take away the guns' argument. That argument ignores the reality which is that a criminal, by definition, doesn't follow the law.

So if you take a way the guns the criminals will still have them! Like duhhh! Even a dumb blonde could figure that one out.

Liberals make decisions on emotion rather than logical thought. They apply their solutions to an idealistic view of the world rather than a realistic one. They then respond to arguments with attacks on the person rather than the argument because their decision was based on emotion. The wheel goes round and round and round... I see it as a mental disorder.

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KathyNov 20th, 2007 - 23:18:00

'the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed ' seems pretty darned clear to me.

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KathyNov 20th, 2007 - 23:23:33

By the way Heartless, what do you have against blonds?

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