guns & purses (was Re: guns & crime)

martin schiller mschiller at mac.com
Wed Oct 18 15:46:48 PDT 2000


JKSCHW at aol.com said on 10/18/00 12:03 PM


>Btw a quick scan on westlaw shows that all the Courts of Appeals have held
>that the 2d amendment right is collective, not individual, that it is the
>power held by the states to form an armed militia. See, e.g., US v. Hale, 92
>F.2d 1016, 1019 (8th Cir. 1992), US v. Weaver, 530 F.2d 103, 106 (6th Cir.
>1976); Hickman v. Block, 81 F.3d 98, 102 (9th Cir. 1995); US v. Johnson, 497
>F.2d 548, 550 (4th Cir. 1974); and from my own Seventh Circuit, Gillespie v.
>City of Indianapolis, 185 F.3d 693, 7610 (7th Cir. 1999). That's not all,
>but
>isn't it enough?

A quick scan of your cite tells me that it's not compelling.

That's gotta be eight. Thank you, Doug.



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