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Socrates · November 22, 2008, 03:10 AM

If one is a bit of a Constitutional scholar, one does wonder how in the first place the right to bear arms was infringed, and, why when it's the second amendment, it's been so poorly protected.

If the second is extended against the states, then the state regulation of CCW IS unconstitutional.

Ironically, I'd use the Commerce Clause to attack the states CCW policies, and laws. Having to go around a state on a trip, because you are carrying CCW, and the state does not recognize your legal permit from another state CLEARLY, at least as clearly as Heart of Atlanta, affects interstate commerce.

Second: CCW fails on an equal protection basis. It's become VERY clear that only a select few get CCW's, and, those permits are often issued on the basis of financial campaign contributions, or wealth and influence. I think it's discriminatory, race and economic class wise, when the fee is 250 dollars for a CCW.

So yes, I agree that CCW permits should be banned, along with the cash cow fees.

November 22, 2008, 03:10 AM	#34
Socrates Junior member Join Date: January 5, 2005 Location: East Bay NorCal, People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 5,866	If one is a bit of a Constitutional scholar, one does wonder how in the first place the right to bear arms was infringed, and, why when it's the second amendment, it's been so poorly protected. If the second is extended against the states, then the state regulation of CCW IS unconstitutional. Ironically, I'd use the Commerce Clause to attack the states CCW policies, and laws. Having to go around a state on a trip, because you are carrying CCW, and the state does not recognize your legal permit from another state CLEARLY, at least as clearly as Heart of Atlanta, affects interstate commerce. Second: CCW fails on an equal protection basis. It's become VERY clear that only a select few get CCW's, and, those permits are often issued on the basis of financial campaign contributions, or wealth and influence. I think it's discriminatory, race and economic class wise, when the fee is 250 dollars for a CCW. So yes, I agree that CCW permits should be banned, along with the cash cow fees.