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Originally Posted by roachboy
i didn't get the impression that anything like that was on the administration's radar for at least the first term.
it seems to me that the problem folk who think as you do may face, it problem it is, will be at the state and local levels.
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As for state and local levels, I'm not worried about anything Holder may say or do.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
i thought holder was quite clear in his responses about this, particularly in the exchange with leahey.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General-designate Eric Holder conceded during his confirmation hearing Thursday that the government's options for regulating the possession of firearms have been narrowed in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that the Second Amendment ensures an individual right to bear arms.
"Reasonable restrictions are still possible," Holder said, including measures such as a ban on the sale of what are called "cop-killer" bullets.
But, he granted, "we're living in a different world" since the high court's 5-4 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller.
Holder said that he previously viewed the Second Amendment as a "collective right" to bear arms, not an individual right.
The Heller ruling, Holder said, was a "very significant opinion."
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This was just a small part of that. I haven't read all the articles or the transcripts of the hearings yet, but it's clear to me at least that the Obama admin will work with the dem majority leadership, minus harry reid, and attempt to push a perm assault weapons ban. I think it will fail against the 2nd Amendment in court though, unless the current USSC has decided that the framers intent needs be done away with.