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**Aguila Blanca** · October 25, 2011, 05:28 AM

Haven't seen the book but I sort of agree about Mr. Scalia. But I can't get inside his head.

He created a HUGE can of worms with the bit he threw in about existing gun control laws being "presumptively" Constitutional. Naturally, the antis have latched onto that as justification, but it really isn't. All he was really saying is "This is not the question before us, so we're not going there today." But ... it leaves us having to fight innumerable skirmishes in all 50 states when a stroke of the pen could have prevented all that.

However, I believe that Mr. Scalia is a realist, and I think he felt he had to write something that would be supported by at least four other justices in order to get a majority, and Kennedy is not as pro-2nd Amendment as some others so I think Scalia was throwing a bone to Kennedy.

Just my take.

October 25, 2011, 05:28 AM	#2
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,460	Haven't seen the book but I sort of agree about Mr. Scalia. But I can't get inside his head. He created a HUGE can of worms with the bit he threw in about existing gun control laws being "presumptively" Constitutional. Naturally, the antis have latched onto that as justification, but it really isn't. All he was really saying is "This is not the question before us, so we're not going there today." But ... it leaves us having to fight innumerable skirmishes in all 50 states when a stroke of the pen could have prevented all that. However, I believe that Mr. Scalia is a realist, and I think he felt he had to write something that would be supported by at least four other justices in order to get a majority, and Kennedy is not as pro-2nd Amendment as some others so I think Scalia was throwing a bone to Kennedy. Just my take.