Bullock: Right to bear arms in the Constitution

[brooklynite]

Jewish Insider

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaking to Jewish Insider on Wednesday, Steve Bullock broke from many of his rivals for the Democratic nomination, saying that he did not think the Supreme Court’s decision in D.C. v Heller was a bad decision and that the Second Amendment does contain an individual right to bear arms.

The statement came after a speech in which the Montana governor touted his support for measures like an assault weapons ban and universal background checks for firearms purchases in the aftermath of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.

In Heller, the court ruled for the first time that the Second Amendment to the Constitution did protect the individual right to bear arms for self-defense and overturned the District of Columbia’s ban on handgun possession.

However, Bullock’s remarks on Heller separated him from a number of other Democratic candidates, including Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as well as former Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), who have announced their support for reversing the landmark 2008 decision. In addition, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016, said she “disagreed” with the court’s decision in that case.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. But even the Heller case held that the right to bear arms is not unlimited

and that guns and gun ownership could be regulated.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. What will they do

when some scientist develops personalized nuclear weapons? They have really taken 2A to the extreme. "well-regulated militia" and the right to "keep and bear arms". So the people can defend the country as needed, and the people have the right to protect themselves. I'm missing any mention of the latest technology or the right to attack others at will.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Oh, great

Just what we need. Now I'm really eager to see him drop out.