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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (5606)	8/1/2001 1:55:12 PM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

US versus Emerson is rapidly re-writing your beloved US versus Miller. Keep an eye on the appeal. The USSC is about to agree with the Justice Dept and say "We the People" are protected by the Second Amendment and get to have our guns.

To: jttmab who wrote (5606)	8/1/2001 1:55:31 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

US vs Miller has always seemed a very poorly decided case to me. I've gone over most of my constitutional objections but also on a practical level a sawed off shotgun can be in some contexts a useful military weapon (even if it would be unlikely to ever be the main weapon of any military force) and if you follow the reasoning of US vs Miller then people should have a legal right to own fully automatic rifles and perhaps machine guns while single shot 22 pistols would probably be unprotected. Tim