Gus Gere wrote in a message to Alex Vasauskas:
 AV> No.  Your federal constitutional rights are the minimum.  The 
 AV> states can recognize more rights, but they cannot impose restrictions 
 AV> greater than those permitted by the U.S. Constitution. 
 GG>   
 GG> Unfortunately ,it seems that they can. Prohibition being another
 GG> fine example  of going against the pursuit of happiness, and all
 GG> that. One you let the  Genii out of the bottle it's kinda hard to
 GG> get him back in.   
The problem is the cost of protecting your rights.  You need to
spend the time and money to go to court to have improper restrictions
declared improper.  That's where organizations like ACLU (which
hypocritically does't recognize or defend RTKBA) and the NRA (which
hypocritically chose not to raise the 2nd amendment in its suit to
overturn the "assault weapons" ban) are supposed to come in --
everyone pools their money to protect their mutual rights.
Unfortunately, even the managers of our pooled resources have
their own agendas that cause them to look out for themselves
before they look out for their "employers", we who have contributed.
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