Gun Owners of America is effusive in its praise of Samuel Alito.
Some are not so enamored. Mike B. has some concerns that merit scrutiny (3rd comment in linked post).
We need to proceed with caution and not automatically conclude the Supreme Court nominee is a Second Amendment hardliner.
I plead guilty to feeling some optimism, but my jaded nature cautions me to be wary of the hook. The political establishment is all about power and control. They never just give it up.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
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Thanks for spreading the word, David. My attitude is one of "wait and see." As we all know, Robert Bork is a judge that was praised by neo-conservatives, yet he had nothing good to say about the 2nd Amendment. I hope that the Senate will ask Samuel Alito some questions on the 2nd. I'm sure the gun grabber bloc will ask him about his dissent in Rybar. Maybe he'll be more specific.
I contacted the Gun Owners of America yesterday with pretty much the same information that I posted on your blog. I received this e-mail this morning.
"Good morning and thank you for the note.
I have forwarded your comments and concern to my supervisor
Robert E. Duggar
Public Liaison"
We have to be careful when it comes to judges and politicians. Here's hoping for the best.
I found another piece of interest.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-legal2nov02,0,4962703.story?coll=la-home-nation
The article has to deal with liberals who support and know Alito, which is interesting because of how the MSM reports that he's some incredible right-wing tyrant. One case his liberal supporters reference in this article, of which they don't give the name and other identifying information, is of an APB that police put out for a black man driving a black sports car. Police pulled over a black man in a black sports car and found a gun in his car. But as the article says "but Alito voted to overturn the man's conviction, saying that that general identification did not amount to probable cause."
So far, this is a good thing. It shows that he might not believe in police power as much as some of the other justices, and obviously didn't care if the man possessed a gun, if they brought up that argument at all during the trial.
Alito is still an enigma at the moment. I'm scouring the internet for info. However, for now, I have to go to class.
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