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I take it you have never had a class on "the US Government".  The Supreme
court does _not_ decide what is "right or wrong" nor what is a "good law or
bad law", rather it determines whether a law is constitutional -- nothing
more -- nothing less.  The Brady bill case (or its constitutionality) has
nothing to do with guns and background check.  It is about the federal
governments right to force states to use state resources to enforce federal
laws.  Its was struck down on these grounds alone and personally I think
this was not only the right decision but most important decision of the
week.  Think of the bigger picture here-

-hiro


gene langston <gene...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
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> Capt. Meat wrote:
> > 
> > On 29 Jun 1997 16:48:37 GMT, dethm...@earthlink.net (DETHMaster)
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >> The only case the Supreme Court fucked up involved the castration
> > >> of the Brady Bill (we'll trust the states to take care of backround
> > >> checks, right? And how many convicted criminals have we exposed
> > >> as potential gun buyers using checks? Despite the high numbers.
> > >> apparently not enough...)
> > >>
> > >> I believe in states' rights.
> > >> My state just has alot of idiots, that's all...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Capt. Meat
> > >
> > >Not true at all...background checks are a waste of time and a waste of
> > >resources... If you  want to buy a gun you can get one from the
> > >classifieds, a friend, steal one, or obtian one any other way...
> > >Maybe you should have also checked to see how many of the people who
were
> > >turned down when trying to buy a gun got one later...
> > 
> > Maybe if the 2-percent of gun dealers who sell 50-percent of all
> > firearms used in crimes were given backround checks, this might be
> > better, no?
> > 
> > Classifieds? Correct.
> > 
> > A friend? Correct.
> > 
> > Steal one? Sure, if you're a spineless punk...
> > 
> > Obtain one any other way? As in a Magical Land where flowers bloom
> > 12-gauges?
> > 
> > And even though the hapless stooge who "failed" in his backround check
> > may very well find a weapon outside of the regulated market-place,
> > it is still duly noted that a convicted felon, for example, is
> > looking for a handgun...
> > 
> > Despite what local cops may say, backround checks are relatively cheap
> > compared to, oh, I don't know...the Officers' Legal Defense Fund,
> > which in Tucson, has to be the city's most crippling expense.
> > 
> > Capt. Meat
> 
> 
> Where did you get the statistics that the same 2% of Gun dealers sell 50 
> percent of the firears used in crimes?  Statistically, this would be 
> quite impossible.
> 
> Actually, cost was apparently not a feature of the Supreme Court's 
> decision.  The issue was not even gun contgrol: it was whether the 
> Federal Government can force states to enforce federal laws. 
> 
> I wonder if your state has as many idiots as you say.  Do you know how 
> many?
>