Blackvegetable » Today, 7:53 am » wrote: ↑
Huey » Today, 7:51 am » wrote: ↑
“. . . I also believe we can respect Second Amendment rights while, at the same time, preventing lawbreakers and people who are a danger to others from committing atrocities . . .”
― Mark M. Bello,
Betrayal High
How many of the people you quoted were as SPECIFICALLY qualified to comment on the constitutional question as the former Chief Justice?
Just another context...
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops."
- Noah Webster,
An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787