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Originally Posted by Woodsy

The 2nd Amendment gives you the RIGHT to bear arms. That's a pretty darn powerful word!

I agree with you Woodsy but it is clear that 4 out of 9 of the Supremes don't. The Washington DC gun ban was just narrowly overturned by 5-4. With 6 justices over the age of 70 a few new appointments by a President Obama will assure that the next challenge is rejected, which would essentially overturn the 2nd Amendment and open the door to gun bans across the country.

Another peek into what may be coming is the legislation that Obama sponsored while a state rep. in Illinois. His proposal would have banned all guns including handguns, rifles and shotguns except on English style hunt clubs. The really scary part is that it included giving the police powers to visit and search the homes of every legal gun owner and confiscate their guns. The irony of the law is that search warrants would still be required to search a house of an illegal gun owner but registered (legal) gun owners would lose that protection. Fortunately it didn't pass but it certainly is a window into Obama's thinking.