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Some Internet guessing that a possible Kennedy retirement may have caused the other conservative justices to punt, hoping for a more secure pro-2A majority.

/guessing

Fingers crossed for certiorari

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/15/se ... court.html

Was thinking about this thread lying in bed this morning, trying to put words to my feelings on the root cause.
A few of my favorite related quotes sum up how I feel. Perhaps notable that I don't think the root cause has anything to do with guns.

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship”.... Attributed (unconfirmed) to Alexander Tytler 1787

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” ― Benjamin Franklin

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.... Samuel Adams

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy — "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it.".... Anonymous, from Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787

Charles L. Cotton wrote:Make no mistake, if Hillary wins, the Heller decision will be overturned and the Second Amendment will be rendered meaningless. The never-Trump crowd needs to fully understand this. There are no alternatives, there are no counter-arguments and there is no justification for doing anything that allows Clinton to occupy the White House.

Chas.

That is a seriously bitter, bitter pill. Hil! is truly detestable. Trump simply disgusts me.