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Re:United States to fund gun-violence research after 20-year... by Turing_Machine on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:20AM (#21811154)
> Colonial history contains many examples of firearm regulations in urban areas that imposed obstacles to their use for protection of the home.

None of the Bill of Rights applied to the states until the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868, after which it was held to be "incorporated to the states". State and local laws from the colonial period are not relevant.

During the same period, several states had established churches, but I see no one arguing that the First Amendment still permits that.

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Re:United States to fund gun-violence research after 20-year... by melling on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:30AM (#21811200)
It’s surprising that Justice Stevens didn’t understand that when he wrote it in May of this year.

Is it possible that he did and you’re missing something?

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Re:United States to fund gun-violence research after 20-year... by Turing_Machine on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @04:02PM (#21880445)
Justice Stevens is the outlier here. The majority of the court agrees with me, not him.
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