OMFG! This both HUGH and SERIES/CEREAL! Obama begins taking guns!!1!

[ColbertWatcher]

From the Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court upholds gun-control law
The 7-2 decision strips the right of anyone convicted of a domestic violence crimes -- including a misdemeanor -- to own a firearm.
By David G. Savage
February 25, 2009

Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court upheld the broad reach of a federal gun-control law Tuesday and said that no one who has a conviction for any crime of domestic violence may own a firearm.

The 7-2 decision strips gun rights from tens of thousands of people who were convicted or had pleaded guilty to an assault against a spouse, a live-in partner, a child or a parent. These crimes include not just felonies, but misdemeanors.

"Firearms and domestic strife are a potentially deadly combination nationwide," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said.

Gun-control advocates and law enforcement officials praised the ruling. On average, more than three people are killed each day by domestic partners, according to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. About 14% of police officers who are killed in the line of duty die in response to a domestic violence call, the group said.

--Los Angeles Times

(Maybe I should have made this a poll asking if it should be described as "HUGH" or "SERIES.")

[BlooInBloo]

1. (shrug) They've already deprived themselves of their manhood by hitting women...

I fail to see why they would be upset by being deprived of their guns.

[Political Heretic]

2. That's called RESONSIBLE REGULATION.

Not EVERY gun law is a bad law.

Just stupid ones.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. well I agree with that 100%...

"no one who has a conviction for any crime of domestic violence may own a firearm." Yeah! There is nothing wrong with that at all.

If any one has a felony charge, they should not be allowed to own a firearm IMHO.

[AlCzervik]

4. Scalia and Roberts dissented, quell surprise.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. They're the only ones who love America! n/t

[AlCzervik]

14. i'm a little surprised that Thomas didn't dissent right along with them, he seems to take his ques

from Antonin.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. I think Antonin told him to vote for chicks.

Of the two, only Antonin could have calculated how a dissenting vote from Slappy would remind people about his history with women's rights.

[AlCzervik]

25. Have a coke!

:puke:

i was on my honeymoon when the hearings were almost over, way unsexy.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. I remember them, but I doubt Slappy does.

In fact, I bet someone had to stop him from reflexively voting with Antonin.

[Thickasabrick]

30. I'd love to see their arguments. I really hate those two. I hate

Alito and Thomas too but not as much.

[DS1]

5. It's not "HUGH" or "SERIES" it's "CODE BROWN!"

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Code brown! CODE BROWN!?

Oh noes!

[anonymous171]

6. The Islamic Communist revolution is just beginning, comrade.

Allah willing, we shall begin phase 2 within a couple of weeks. First we get their guns, then their Churches, then their women.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Shhh ... don't tell anyone ...

http://www.wikiality.com/USSA

[L0oniX]

7. The law is already that way here in Florida. n/t

[Thickasabrick]

31. But until this I think someone could have sued up to the Supremes

invalidating Florida's law. This makes that impossible now. Way cool.

[L0oniX]

36. I had a back ground check which includes a search for any domestic abuse records.

It clearly states on the back ground check application that you can't purchase a gun from an FFL dealer if you have any domestic violence, mental problem, felony record history or a dishonorable military discharge.

[Tikki]

8. Like they used to tell us about wiretapping.....

If you haven't done anything wrong...you don't need to worry.


Tikki

[Hello_Kitty]

17. If you want to own a gun, don't assault your family members.

It's really not that burdensome.

[geckosfeet]

10. And this has zactly what to do with Obama?

[4lbs]

15. It's to imply that freepers will use a Supreme Court ruling to try to prove that President Obama

is trying to take guns away.

It doesn't matter that this ruling was in no way affected by anything President Obama said or did.

[geckosfeet]

19. Zactomundo. All we need to do is remember that lives are being saved by the ruling.

[ColbertWatcher]

23. Thank you. All the GOP will remember is under whose term this happened. n/t

[RC]

13. Now about these macho cops...

Who get off abusing people because they can.

[panader0]

16. Glad they didn't put misdemeanor pot possession on there too

What the hell, I've never owned a gun anyway.

[Uben]

18. You're a lair!

It da preme court dat did it!

[ColbertWatcher]

20. What's the different? They're all working for Clinton's Jewish Cabal! n/t

[WatchWhatISay]

21. So who is going to tell the police that some guy just convicted of domestic

violence has a cache of guns in the closet. The abused spouse?

They should have gone further and made it a capital offense if the person then takes revenge on the spouse by shooting her for reporting that the batterer is is possession of guns.

[seabeyond]

24. hubby and i had to search our brains for this answer at dinner table tonight. kids in boys school

saying OBAMA TAKING GUNS AWAY... lol lol and obama isnt letting people reload.

i didnt know what the fuck, but i know obama too busy for this shit.

anyway, hubby came up with this one about taking guns away. that son, 11 just walked in and read the article to be informed

the other one was about making bullets????

anyone know anything

[ColbertWatcher]

27. It's hard to know ahat lurks in the empty heads of a freeper. n/t

[benEzra]

28. The fears about a crackdown on reloading don't really pertain to the Obama administration, IMO

but stem from the actions of a group that is lobbying to etch serial numbers on ammunition (aka "microstamping"), register all ammunition lawful purchasers buy by serial number, and require all non-serial-numbered ammunition be destroyed by a certain date. That would pretty obviously put the kibosh on reloading, and also would probably dramatically increase the price of ammunition.

Here's the group's website:

http://www.ammunitionaccountability.com/

FWIW, it is no surprise that most of the money and lobbying behind the proposal comes from a company that makes equipment to etch numbers on bullets and cases, but the repubs at the Brady Campaign have picked it up as well.

The fears about "taking guns away" come primarily from VP Biden's and AG Holder's history as crusaders against "assault weapons" (aka the most popular civilian rifles in America) in the 1990's. My own hope is that President Obama is too smart to pull another 1994, but the MSM really wants another "assault weapon" ban, and some worry that they might pressure Congress into sending one to the President's desk.

[seabeyond]

29. thanks. so the reload issue is money for company.... repug. of course.

thanks for getting this information. i will send it to hubby.... appreciate it. he would be pissed.

[Thickasabrick]

33. I like it. eom

[ColbertWatcher]

37. Wasn't that part of a Chris Rock bit? n/t

[benEzra]

38. Yes, but it was supposed to be a joke.

But then somebody figured out they could make a pile of money off it...

[ColbertWatcher]

40. Rock should get royalties or something for that. n/t

[The Hope Mobile]

32. Absolutely awesome!!!!

[Kingofalldems]

34. Attention freepers!! We want your guns!!

They will soon be confiscated. The committee for confiscation is now meeting on an ad hoc basis.

[DainBramaged]

35. If ONE person's life is saved because of this law, it is worth it

If ONE person is NOT assaulted by their gun-owning, over-testeroned spouse because of the fear his guns will be taken away, the law is worth it, if ONE person who has beaten his wife is prevented from owning a gun for the purpose of killing his spouse, the law is worth it.

Now, the problem is how do you get the guns away from these criminals?

[B Calm]

39. What's next, serialized ammunition? God forbid the cops have a tool

to solve murders. . . .