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06-26-2008, 11:30 AM
Here is the kicker. It was a 5-4 vote.
In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons."
Justice Stevens has it all wrong. The framers of the constitution, or at least the bill of rights, wished to protect people from a large, centralized, powerful government. The People coming to the defense of county, or self defense was just the way to sell it to all. The real reasoning behind -- well the entire bill of rights -- is to defend ourselves against our own government.
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