Tag: Heller

• The Second Amendment Emperor Is Naked: He Doesn’t “OWN” Anything!

  It’s not a hard ask. All I want is for someone to point to the word “own” anywhere in the Second Amendment. I’ve been putting this idea out there now for a couple of weeks and the only argument that comes back – other than I’m an idiot (for pointing out a true thing) – […]

  A L Katz

  June 28, 2022

  Gun Control, Magical Thinking, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Second Amendment

  Antonin Scalia, Colonial America, Gun manufacturers, Heller, Individual Gun Ownership, James Madison, Keep and bear arms, NRA, Second Amendment, Well Regulated Militia

• Antonin Scalia Ended Our Gun Debate: There Is No Right To Individual Gun Ownership

  Antonin Scalia doesn’t often get credit for being the “Daddy Of Gun Control”, but, in spite of himself, he is. In writing for the 5-4 majority in Heller, Scalia argued that one didn’t have to be part of any militia in order to keep and bear arms. Individuals could “keep and bear arms” in accordance […]

  A L Katz

  June 13, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Gun Control

  Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, English Common Law, Gun Control, Heller, Individual Gun Ownership, James Madison, Keep and bear arms, Right to bear arms, Second Amendment

• America’s Gun Crisis Is Foundational But Fixable – Just Like Chicago’s John Hancock Tower

  We tell ourselves this every day now: no other country has the gun problem America has. Gun violence happens here the way peace and quiet happen everywhere else. It’s the missing guns that make the difference. Part of why our gun problem feels intractable is because we make it that way. It doesn’t have to […]

  A L Katz

  June 9, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Gun Control, Racism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Slavery

  875 North Michigan Avenue, Antonin Scalia, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7, Comcast Spectator, Ed Snider, Gun Control, Heller, James Madison, Jerry Wolman, John Hancock CEnter, Philadelphia Eagles, Second Amendment

• Has Anyone Mentioned That There IS NO RIGHT To “Gun Ownership” In The Second Amendment?

  We keep having the same “gun arguments” – more guns vs fewer guns – because we assume those are the only “gun arguments” to be made. That, somehow, over time, we’ve made all the anti-gun arguments there are. Well, I’m here to tell ya that’s bullshit!!! I think there’s one argument staring us in the […]

  A L Katz

  June 8, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, False Patriotism

  "Keep and bear arms", Antonin Scalia, Bag Bambu, Bill Of Rights, Gun Control, Heller, Right To Own Guns, Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Warren Berger, Well Regulated Militia