[ReginaPerss]

^ That's an opinion poll. Jasonik's talking about eternal verity.

[Quvwcxqx]

I haven't read back through all the posts. But it looks like, at long last, we may get a final Supreme Court decision on whether the Second Amendment confers a direct individual right to own weapons (including, but not limited to, handguns).

There's a case out of DC (Parker v. Washington DC), which challenged what is essentially a ban on private handgun ownership. A panel of the DC Circuit overturned the law, and the full Circuit refused to review the ruling. This puts the DC Circuit in direct conflict with other circuits (most noteably the 9th in San Francisco). This means that this is likely heading to the SCOTUS.

Given that between the Reagan and two Bush appointment, the SCOTUS has gotten pretty conservative, I think it's a better than even chance that they'll uphold the DC Circuit ruling and read the 2A as conferring an individual right.

[johnstylet]

This thread's title was changed from:
Bolstering the Database on Gun Buyers
to:
U.S. Gun Control Laws & The Second Amendment

[zabiqapara]

^ Why?

Folks who start threads: why not credit them with knowing what they want to title them --particularly in the case of someone as thoughtful as jasonik. He doesn't need to be second-guessed.

And neither do most of the rest of us. We don't need to be worrying about whether our posts will be "improved" or bowdlerized.

Spammers are fair game, but lighten up your "moderating", Punzi, or you may drive some people away who are the forum's backbone.

[grinaJanoDant]

^ Why?

Folks who start threads: why not credit them with knowing what they want to title them --particularly in the case of someone as thoughtful as jasonik. He doesn't need to be second-guessed.

And neither do most of the rest of us. We don't need to be worrying about whether our posts will be "improved" or bowdlerized.
. . .

I am the AUTHOR of the thread! I retitled my own thread!

[beatrisio]

[Edqpdnuu]

^ You beat me to it. I was fixin' to eat crow, but you got there before me. I would have apologized more elaborately if you hadn't.

So you'll have to settle for "Sorry, my bad."

The point about overzealous moderating remains valid.

[replicajoy]

You can delete the apology altogether. I'd much rather read about how you're going to tackle down that bird.

[Optosypoeds]

Bird flew the coop.

[XGoFivk7]

Abl, she set that up for you.

Why would someone who authored the thread need to notify herself that she changed the title?