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March 21, 2013, 11:53 AM | #1 |
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A Second Amendment scholar “schools” us all.
http://gunroom.wordpress.com/2013/03...chools-us-all/
The above is a link to what I believe to be one of the most even handed reports I have ever seen on PBS. This professor is from George Mason University which may as well be in the heart of washington DC. Read her bio here http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/direc.../malcolm_joyce Her points are all very difficult to argue against and she spends 8 solid minuets discussing her constitutional view with regard to RTKBA, assult weapon bans, magizine limits, and the Heller decision. If this doesn't prove our point frankly I don't know what will. Regards, Vermonter |
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Outstanding!!!
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I love a calm and educated discussion.
Thanks for posting the link.
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March 21, 2013, 01:15 PM | #4 |
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It's too bad rational discussions like this won't get time on Piers Morgan's or Anderson Cooper's gun control hour.
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March 21, 2013, 01:32 PM | #5 |
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Thank you Vermonter. Truly a brilliant scholar.
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My point exactly
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I mean no offense to uncle Ted or what he has done for our cause I am just suggesting a slightly different approach. Regards, Vermonter |
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When that image is portrayed over and over, there are those who think it must be true. We really need more people like the good professor to help us build our case. When people lose their composure when talking about guns, the folks who remain calm. . .win.
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We've got folks here who are very familiar with the two SCOTUS decisions she talked about. Is she correct in thinking that large capacity magazines are in "common usage" and therefore these bans are unconstitutional?
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scrubcedar, I agree, but it's probably going to take a challenge through all the courts to get it repealed. I'm sure the anti's will argue that the magazine is different from the firearm.
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I can't see the video at work, so it will have to wait until I get home. However, the title, umm . . . "A second ammendment scholar 'schools' us all." Amendment. AmendmentAmendmentAmendment. NOT ammendment!
#endspellingrant
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March 21, 2013, 04:49 PM | #11 |
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I would disagree. She didn't really do us a service. By quoting Scalia's Heller decision when she wanted to, after ignoring it on a previous question on the same point in Heller, she left herself open to being easily minimized and "refuted" as a "Cherry-picker". By quoting the prohibited persons part of Heller, but not quoting the Sensitive Areas part of the same point made in the decision, she did neither us, nor herslef any favors. It would have been far better to quote the sensitive areas as a legally permissible basis, then refute it at the same time as us having an opportunity to see if they serve the government's interest now that we're allowing teachers to carry in some of the sensitive areas. If it doesn't get any worse, they obviously aren't as sensitive as we thought.
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Joyce Lee Malcolm is a well established and respected scholar. I heartily recommend her Guns and Violence, the English Experience (Harvard University Press, 2002).
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If only we could have replaced Wayne with her, the public relations challenge would have ended months ago.
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March 21, 2013, 07:51 PM | #14 |
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Yeah, he hasn't really served us well in the Media, has he?
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GMU School of Law
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Judge Posner who wrote the opinion in Moore v. Madigan was particularly well regarded at GMU when I went there in the 90's. The only liberal professor I had taught criminal law and even he was fair minded. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli also went to GMU School of Law. He is also helping the RKBA with an amicus brief in Kachalsky v. Cacase. |
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Common usage
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"Common usage" and "Sensitive places" are two terms in Heller that are critical areas for establishing jurisprudence in favor of RKBA. Regarding the question above, she is correct in her analysis from an intellectual perspective, but jurisprudentially it has not been established. |
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And so can its opposite, of course -- perhaps rather more often.
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Nice interview. She succinctly explains both the legal/constitutional origins of the RKBA, the lack of any evidence that the AWB would have any meaningful effect, and even notes that almost all of the mass shootings (4 or more victims) were in gun free zones. Her demeanor and appearance add credibility to her views.
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good post... Thanks
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First time I have seen this. Appreciate it.
Now for it to go out nationally..... Good luck with that huh? |
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Thank you for the link.
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March 22, 2013, 08:53 PM | #23 |
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your welcome
Pbs is national coverage. This needs play on Fox.
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Seriously, what two firearms are arguably the most common in common use today? Let's begin with where most of the legislatures (other than NY State) are going, by defining "large capacity" as capable of holding more than ten rounds. What handgun is perhaps the most popular/most ubiquitous in the U.S. today (considering both police and private citizen ownership and use)? Probably some model of Glock. What are the magazine capacities of the various Glock models? For rifles, I think the most popular rifle without question is going to be an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine. There is probably one of those, with multiple 30-round magazines, in the trunk of nearly every police patrol vehicle in the U.S. Almost any private citizen who owns an AR owns multiple 30-round mags. They're the "sweet spot." 10-rounders and 20-rounders are too small, 40-rounders and larger are unreliable. So it's absolutely a valid argument, and based on Mr. Justice Scalia's language in Heller the argument should be persuasive. Whether or not it will be remains to be seen. |
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March 23, 2013, 10:49 AM | #25 |
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Why on Fox - choir? Never mind.
It was very thoughtful and she is known as a scholar. PBS and NPR are fairer in general than MSM - esp. those horrors on MSNBC or Piers. There are national outlets that have stepped up with reasonable pieces. NY Magazine and the Atlantic did so.
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