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UP FOR OUR VIEWERS, A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BEING NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SHALL...
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IT WAS A RIGHT FOR INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE TO HAVE GUNS. I THINK MOST AMERICANS IN THE 20th CENTURY KNEW THE SECOND PART OF THAT PHRASE, THE RIGHT TO KEEP...
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MAINTAIN THEIR OWN WELL-REGULATED MILITIAS. I THINK THAT WOULD CAUSE AN UPROAR BECAUSE MOST AMERICANS THINK THERE'S SOME TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHT
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TO HAVE GUNS. SO, THERE'S THAT FIRST POSSIBILITY, WHICH I THINK IS UNLIKELY. THE SECOND POSSIBILITY IS THEY'D SAY, YES, THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT...
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| 00:04:40 |
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BAN ON HANDGUNS GOES TOO FAR BUT WE'LL LEAVE IT TO
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ANOTHER DAY TO TRY TO TELL YOU WHAT KINDS OF REGULATIONS ARE OKAY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY THERE IS THIS INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, A TOTAL BAN GOES TOO FAR,...
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| 00:05:18 |
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RESIDENTS: AND LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PRECEDENT THAT WOULD BE SET IF THE COURT RULES AGAINST THE D.C. GUN LAW. DOES IT THEN IMPACT STATES, ...
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| 00:05:57 |
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH. IN THE 20th CENTURY, THE COURT BASICALLY, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, SAID THOSE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS YOU HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION,...
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| 00:07:33 |
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PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, NEED BE. BEFORE 1800, ONE
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OUT OF THREE OF MY ANCESTORS DIED AT THE HANDS OF NATIVE AMERICANS WHICH IS WEIRD. I FOUND THAT OUT. BUT THIS IS 200 YEARS LATER AND WE WENT FROM...
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FOCUSED ON MACHINE GUNS BECAUSE THERE
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WEREN'T ANY SUCH THINGS OR ASSAULT WEAPONS. BUT, AS I SAY, IT'S VERY UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY WERE PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF ALL -- IT WAS MEN THEN, TO HAVE...
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| 00:09:57 |
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NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT WAS THAT A LOT OF THE FOCUS ON MILITIAS WAS THE SOUTHERN STATES AND THE FEAR OF SLAVE
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| 00:10:06 |
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REVOLTS, THAT THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF 1787 SAID THAT CONGRESS, THE FEDERAL CONGRESS, WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE THE MILITIAS AND SET RULES...
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| 00:11:32 |
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THE CURRENT D.C. LAW
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BANNING
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HANDGUNS. I CERTAINLY DO FAVOR AND SUPPORT HOMEOWNERSHIP OF A HANDGUN. MY ONCE VERY QUIET AND LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SEEN FOUR HOMICIDES, AND THERE'S...
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| 00:13:15 |
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CONTROL. THEY'RE ONLY CONSIDERING A FAIRLY EXTREME LAW, D.C.'S IS
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ABOUT A ONE-OF-A-KIND IN THE COUNTRY. CHICAGO HAS A PRETTY STRICT BAN BUT THIS IS SORT OF A ONE-OF-A-KIND LAW. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE COURT SAYS,...
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| 00:14:26 |
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A MONTH WRITING WHY MINE IS WRONG AND I READ YOUR OPINION AND WANT
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| 00:14:29 |
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TO SAY WHY YOUR DISSENT IS WRONG AND IT TENDS TO BE THE HASHEDEST, BIGGEST CASES COME OUT -- THEY USUALLY FINISH BY THE FIRST OF JULY. I WOULD THINK...
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| 00:15:00 |
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ESTABLISH A POLICE STATE AND A FASCIST FORM OF GOVERNMENT ISN'T THE FIRST THING THEY GOT TO DO IS DISARM US? >> Guest: >> Host: IS THAT A QUESTION,
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CALLER? . >> Caller: YES. I GUESS IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH. I WAS ASKING, DO THEY -- WITH THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT -- THE WAY THIS ADMINISTRATION, NOT...
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DISARM
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| 00:15:29 |
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US? ISN'T THAT WHAT THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
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LEAD UP TO, SINCE BUSH HAS PUT ALL OF HIS STOOGES IN THE SUPREME COURT? >> Guest: I THINK THAT'S QUITE UNLIKELY. I HAVE NOT HEARD THE ADMINISTRATION TALKING...
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REGULATIONS. BUT, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY -- I MEAN, IT IS TRUE THAT IN A, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, A PARANOID WORLD, THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT SAY, OKAY,...
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| 00:16:34 |
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POSITION. HE, ALSO, WANTED THE COURT TO SAY CLEARLY THAT THE D.C. LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S BRIEF
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| 00:16:44 |
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SAID BASICALLY THE SUPREME COURT, ADOPT A SORT OF MINIMAL APPROACH HERE. SAY THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT THEN SEND THIS CASE BACK TO DECIDE WHETHER...
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THE LAST CALLER ALLUDED
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TO, PERHAPS --
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| 00:17:26 |
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I'LL PARAPHRASE
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| 00:17:27 |
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HIS QUOTE, I'M SURE IT'S NOT WORD FOR WORD BUT A GENTLEMAN SAID QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO WHY SHOULD AN ORDINARY CITIZEN WANT TO OWN A GUN? IF HE WANTS...
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| 00:18:03 |
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THINK ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO FEAR FROM AN HONEST,
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| 00:18:07 |
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LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN WHO OWNS AND/OR CARRY AS FIREARM. I CAN DO SO LEGALLY IN THIS STATE AND I CHOOSE TO DO SO. WE ALL KNOW, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS
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IN THESE FIELDS AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN NAMED MASSADA UBE, A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO DOES A LOT OF EXPERT TESTIMONY IN CASES INVOLVING FIREARMS WILL...
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| 00:19:36 |
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TO KNOW. IT CLEARLY HAS A BIG EFFECT IN THIS DEBATE BECAUSE, AS I SAY, EVEN IF THE COURT WOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT -- WHATEVER THEY SAY IS NOT GOING...
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| 00:19:54 |
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UNLIKELY. IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO GAUGE WHAT PUBLIC SENTIMENT, HOW IT AFFECTS THE COURT. I DO THINK MOST OF THE JUSTICES, YOU KNOW, COME UP IN THE SAME...
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| 00:20:46 |
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MORNING. AFTER LISTENING TO THEM FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. THIS IS AN AMAZING ISSUE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME YEAR AFTER YEAR ARGUING...
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IT IS THE CASE THAT THEY DIVIDE ON A SORT OF LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE DIVIDE ON MOST BIG ISSUES. SO, I'M GOING TO GUESS, WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING -- THIS...
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| 00:22:20 |
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AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GO OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND,
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| 00:22:25 |
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ALSO, IT'S SAVING THE LIVES OF THE GUYS
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| 00:22:27 |
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IN SCHOOLS WHO DON'T WANT TO CARRY GUNS BUT THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF GANG VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW, NO ONE WANTS TO BE CARRYING THESE GUNS...
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| 00:23:06 |
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A LOT OF OTHER, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND OTHER STATES ON THE EAST COAST YOU CAN GET GUNS AND, AS EVERYBODY WOULD SAY,
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| 00:23:12 |
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CRIMINALS CAN GET GUNS AND BRING THEM INTO THE CITY. ONE STATISTIC I HAVE HEARD IS THAT SOME OF THE BRIEFS SAY D.C. HAS A VERY LOW SUICIDE RATE AND...
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| 00:24:08 |
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Caller: OKAY. YES, I AM. THE -- REGARDING THE WHETHER THIS LAW APPLIES TO STATES OR NOT OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN THE 14th AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS...
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| 00:24:19 |
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WAR, IT SAYS THAT NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIVILEGES OR
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| 00:24:26 |
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IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, NOR SHALL ANY
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| 00:24:29 |
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STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. NOR DENY ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER...
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| 00:25:31 |
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TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP. I SORT OF ASSUME
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| 00:25:33 |
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THAT, IF THEY CONCLUDE THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, THEY WILL VERY QUICKLY THEREAFTER TAKE UP A STATE CASE AND SAY, YES, THIS APPLIES TO STATE LAWS,...
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| 00:26:09 |
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SIDE OF THE COURT THAT'S PROBABLY 20, OR 25 SEATS FOR REPORTERS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF US WHO COVER THE COURT REGULARLY AND THEY WILL RESERVE...
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| 00:26:27 |
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COURT BAR AND YOU GET UP THERE EARLY, YOU CAN BE THERE IN THE FRONT AND LISTEN AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY 80 TO 100 SEATS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC....
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| 00:27:16 |
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YES. AM I ON? >> Host: YOU ARE ON, SIR. GO AHEAD. >> Caller: OKAY. I'D JUST LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT, THE GUN LAW THING...
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YEARS. MY
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| 00:27:38 |
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PARENTS, MY FATHER, HE OWNED
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| 00:27:40 |
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GUNS, COUNTRY GUY, YOU KNOW, HUNTING, PERSONAL PROTECTION, AND SO ON, AND SO FORTH. WHEN THE GUN -- WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, WHEN THE GUN...
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| 00:29:46 |
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GUN AT HOME FOR SELF-DEFENSE AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE
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| 00:29:51 |
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PETITIONERS -- IN THIS CASE SAYING D.C. IS FORBIDDING MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FORBIDDING A HANDGUN AT HOME. >> Host: QUICKLY WE READ A STORY THIS...
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| 00:30:23 |
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THE AIR. THIS COMES UP DURING LIVE BROADCASTS. THEY WANT TO FINE THE NETWORKS FOR DOING THAT.
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| 00:30:28 |
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THE NETWORKS HAVE GONE TO COURT AND BLOCKED THIS RULE FROM TAKING EFFECT SO THE SUPREME COURT WILL TAKE UP THE CASES TO SORT OF DECIDE WHAT IS INDECENCY...
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| 00:31:08 |
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FOR POLITICAL NEWS THIS MORNING. >> Guest: GRETA, I THINK THE THING FOR TODAY IS
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