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Old March 3, 2009, 04:48 PM   #15
Evan Thomas
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Good post, Glenn.

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If one wants to challenge the Consitutional base of a state forbidding CCW, that's legit. Aren't some on the Heller case folks looking at IL laws?
Exactly. The point is that -- just like any other law -- all gun laws are legal, that's to say valid, until they've been challenged and overturned as unconstitutional. The "rule of law" means that laws apply equally to everyone; there's no justification for saying "Well, I think that one's unconstitutional, so I'm just gonna ignore it," unless you're prepared to do so as an act of civil disobedience: disobey the law publicly, get yourself arrested, and BE the test case.

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I am not so polite as you I guess on this type of wild talk.
Yah, TG, I think "crazy as a bedbug" is apt.
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