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The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the 2nd Amendment rights, which "shall not be infringed," of Americans to "keep and bear" handguns under a case that challenges a District of Columbia ban on such weapons, and law enforcement and weapons experts say the potential impacts of the decision are huge.

"I was kind of struck by the fact that this is a truly life or death case before the Supreme Court," Ted Deeds, a spokesman for the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, told WND after the justices heard oral arguments today on the case that directly challenges whether the 2nd Amendment right to "bear arms" applies to individuals or only to military organizations.

"Many times the court hears cases about due process and procedure. Those decisions don't necessarily mean people live or die based on what they decide. But large numbers of people will live or die based on what they rule," Deeds said. "If they rule in a positive way for honest people to defend themselves, then honest people hopefully won't die."

"If they go the other way, we're going to see on some level more and more law-abiding people unable to defend themselves and therefore raped, robbed or in the worst case murdered," he said. "If only the bad guys have guns, the bad guys are in charge."

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( Guns do not kill people, people kill people ) I have never seen a firearm go off with out someone doing something to it. I wish people would quit blaming the firearm, The bad guys are still going to get them somewhere the only one it hurts is the person who goes to a range or shoots for fun.

Steve

How should the Supreme Court rule in the 2nd Amendment case?

Reject the ban, as the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right for citizens to keep and bear arms
40.33% (1297)


Toss the ban, as the inalienable right to armed self-defense was established before the U.S. Constitution
28.58% (919)


Dispense with all gun restrictions nationwide
21.74% (699)


They should strike it down to set a strong precedent
6.65% (214)


Authorize reasonable restrictions
1.15% (37)


Let laws stand as is, let local regions come up with own rules
0.72% (23)


It should be courageous and completely ban civilian gun ownership 0.31% (10)


Other
0.28% (9)


Uphold the gun ban, since our nation has evolved far beyond the need for militias and guns
0.19% (6)


Uphold Washington D.C.'s gun ban
0.06% (2)

TOTAL VOTES: 3216

forgot the source of the poll

http://poll.worldnetdaily.com/polls/index.asp?VIEW_RESULTS=Y

Yes Reject the ban we should be able to have firearms if they let this go then all the states will try follow. and i will never give mine up. i hunt and like my firearms.

Steve

The said Constitution be never construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. —
Samuel Adams, during Massachusetts's Convention to Ratify the Constitution (1788).

Seems to make the answer to the question of an individual versus a collective right obvious.