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MS>        It's not just that, Bert. NRA is afraid, justifiably IMHO, of
MS>another Hickman v Block decision. That particularly nasty lower court
MS>decision not only didn't provide injunctive relief for the plaintiff,
MS>but also it called the existance of the 2nd Amendment into question,
MS>which is what you get for filing a 2nd Amendment case in the Peoples
MS>Republic of California.
MS>        The only real friends that gun owners have on the bench are
MS>Messrs Rhenquist, Thomas and Scalia. The rest are either hostile or
MS>lukewarm on the gun rights issue, and most of the pro-gun rulings have
MS>been on Tenth Amendment grounds.
MS>        Given the current composition of the court, I wouldn't ask
MS>either. And with Clinton appointing justices, which is why, I suspect,
MS>Mr. Justice Rhenquist hasn't retired and won't as long as his health
MS>holds out, I'd be extremely reticent about putting the whole of the
MS>Second Amendment on the block.
MS>___
        You're right, I'm afraid. I'd put this in the "last ditch
        defense" category. Ernie P.
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