2A Poll for Wall St Journal Subscribers
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To what extent should the Constitution's 'right to bear ...
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August 2nd, 2011 10:49 AM
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2A Poll for Wall St Journal Subscribers
Encouraging results. Be heard standing for your RKBA. WSJ subscribers, browse to this poll and vote
To what extent should the Constitution's 'right to bear arms' extend beyond the home?
One doesn't have to be a legal scholar to see that the "Right to keep and bear arms" refers to two separate acts and that "to bear" means to carry. This facet of 2A is most clear. WSJ readers agree.
469 votes:
It Shouldn't @ 11.5%
Good cause, background check required @ 25.6%
It should extend to everyone all the time @ 62.9%
Americans understood the right of self-preservation as permitting a citizen to repel force by force
when the intervention of society... may be too late to prevent an injury.
-Blackstone’s Commentaries 145–146, n. 42 (1803) in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
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August 2nd, 2011 10:49 AM
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August 2nd, 2011 11:19 AM
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Ignorance is a long way from stupid, but left unchecked, can get there real fast.
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August 2nd, 2011 01:58 PM
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Ten per cent more voters and vote percentages are holding.
Americans understood the right of self-preservation as permitting a citizen to repel force by force
when the intervention of society... may be too late to prevent an injury.
-Blackstone’s Commentaries 145–146, n. 42 (1803) in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
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