has, it turns out, been celebrated by Wisconsin's Citizen Soldier Highway ("in recognition of the right of the citizens of this state to keep and bear arms and as a tribute to all Wisconsin veterans, members of the national guard and any other reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, law enforcement officers, and fire fighters, and to the first citizen soldiers of this state, American Indians"), Georgia's specialty "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms" / "Shall Not Be Infringed" / NRA insignia license plates, and Montana's right to bear arms week:
The week beginning the first Monday in March is an official week of observance to commemorate Montana's valued heritage of the right of each person to keep and bear arms in the defense of the person's home, person, or property or in aid of civil power. During this week, all Montanans are urged to reflect on their right to keep and bear arms and to celebrate this right in lawful ways.
I really would like to see a celebration of the third amendment, which seems to be sacrosanct. I have never come across any court case dealing with the third amendment. Indeed, the last time this may have come up is in 1865.
"No soldiers quartered in my house!" is my creed.
But, since the third amendment comes after the second (necessarilly), I guess it just does not justify the sentiment.
But ... but .. state's rights?!?!?
The leading Third Amendment case is Engblom v. Carey, 677 F.2d 957 (2d Cir. 1982). You're welcome!
You have the right to bear arms, just not hide them.
Why hide them in any case? Are you ashamed of the arms you are bearing?
Leading should be in quotation marks.
The real irony occurred when Senate GOP voted en mass for the Thune Amendment erstwhile supporting DOMA.
I disagree. It's a real decision, and a real amendment for that matter!
It's kind of like having a lawyer on retainer: a sensible precaution, but it looks pushy if you announce it to everyone you meet.
Go Pack! :)
BTW, how your Packers can turn Cedric Benson into the second coming of Barry Sanders is beyond me.
Go Bears!!!!
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/43347632.html
What a delightful man -- anyone spoiling for a good excessive force law suit knows where to go.
States' Rights, I think you mean, do not trump human rights. We fought a bloody war purportedly to emphasis that point. Plus a couple Constitutional Amendments.
In 1803 the founding-era legal scholar St. George Tucker said in his edition of Blackstone's Commentaries: "[The 2nd Amendment] may be considered as the true palladium of liberty"
In his 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution Justice Joseph Story said "The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic"
Wouldn't you say those statements celebrate the 2nd amendment?
Joseph Story:
I don't think the 2A was taken for granted at all, just it was properly understood until recent times.
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