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Originally Posted by danp
Is there a risk that the SC would rule against the individual right to keep and bear arms? Possibly. Likely? I don't think so unless they willfully ignore pretty much all historical and legal evidence which would be a larger issue.
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Normally I would agree with you on this one Dan but there are way too many chances that the ruling would not go our way. We know that there are four that we can count on, Thomas, Scalia, Alito and Roberts, but where are the rest? Kennedy, and Stevens, maybe but neither of them is an originalist. Ginsberg, Breyer, or Souter would be completely out of the question and it is not unheard of for any of them to come up with a completely new reading of historic documents. What we need to have BEFORE this goes to the USSC is one more originalist, someone who could be counted on. There are way too many questions witht the current group.