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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1220927" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>bbsam,</p><p></p><p><em>Heller vs. DC</em> and <em>McDo<em>nald</em> v. Chicago</em> are the recent Supreme Court decisions that, finally, upheld the Second Amendment as an individual right and overturned the <em>absolute ban</em> on handguns in the home that had existed in these two cities for decades. The vote in both cases was <strong>5-4, </strong>which is as bare of a majority as you can possibly get.</p><p></p><p>As an African American man, how confident would <em>you</em> feel about the security of <em>your</em> rights if the that <em>same</em> 5-4 majority had barely prevailed in <em>Brown vs Board of Education</em>, <em>Shelly v Kraemer</em>, or <em>Loving v Virginia</em>? How confident would <em>you</em> feel about the security of your rights if the next two Supreme Court vacancies were to be filled by a President David Duke or a President Bull Connor, with the approval of a like-minded Senate majority?</p><p></p><p>Please understand that I am not trying to draw a moral equivalency between slavery and gun rights. I am, however, drawing a <em>political</em> one. You dont own guns so you dont have a dog in the fight, thus you have the luxury of remaining blissfully unaware of the constant attempts by anti-gun politicians nationwide to erode my 2nd Amendment rights with one "reasonable" restriction at a time.</p><p></p><p>The Fourteenth Amendment outlawed slavery, and now we have a black man as our President. Does that mean that racial inequality no longer exists in this country and that everything is just peachy keen for you black folks? <em>Of course not</em>, only an <em>ignorant</em> person would say that. There are still huge disparities in family incomes, huge disparities in job opportunities, and a "war on drugs" that incarcerates young black men at over twice the rate of whites. The<em> same</em> situation holds true for 2nd Amendment rights; just because the <em>current</em> Supreme Court happened to rule 5-4 in our favor does not change the fact that there are people like Michael Bloomberg---a billionare with Presidential ambitions---who are <em>absolutely committed</em> to taking those rights away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1220927, member: 14668"] bbsam, [I]Heller vs. DC[/I] and [I]McDo[I]nald[/I] v. Chicago[/I] are the recent Supreme Court decisions that, finally, upheld the Second Amendment as an individual right and overturned the [I]absolute ban[/I] on handguns in the home that had existed in these two cities for decades. The vote in both cases was [B]5-4, [/B]which is as bare of a majority as you can possibly get. As an African American man, how confident would [I]you[/I] feel about the security of [I]your[/I] rights if the that [I]same[/I] 5-4 majority had barely prevailed in [I]Brown vs Board of Education[/I], [I]Shelly v Kraemer[/I], or [I]Loving v Virginia[/I]? How confident would [I]you[/I] feel about the security of your rights if the next two Supreme Court vacancies were to be filled by a President David Duke or a President Bull Connor, with the approval of a like-minded Senate majority? Please understand that I am not trying to draw a moral equivalency between slavery and gun rights. I am, however, drawing a [I]political[/I] one. You dont own guns so you dont have a dog in the fight, thus you have the luxury of remaining blissfully unaware of the constant attempts by anti-gun politicians nationwide to erode my 2nd Amendment rights with one "reasonable" restriction at a time. The Fourteenth Amendment outlawed slavery, and now we have a black man as our President. Does that mean that racial inequality no longer exists in this country and that everything is just peachy keen for you black folks? [I]Of course not[/I], only an [I]ignorant[/I] person would say that. There are still huge disparities in family incomes, huge disparities in job opportunities, and a "war on drugs" that incarcerates young black men at over twice the rate of whites. The[I] same[/I] situation holds true for 2nd Amendment rights; just because the [I]current[/I] Supreme Court happened to rule 5-4 in our favor does not change the fact that there are people like Michael Bloomberg---a billionare with Presidential ambitions---who are [I]absolutely committed[/I] to taking those rights away. [/QUOTE]
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