And hiss name is Hiram...

Now listen up you maggots, DonR has sent me here to clean house.  OK, not really, he sent me here to draw fire away from him and in hopes you will all crucify me so that I won't steal his gorgeous wife Kelley away!

Seriously, I'll be running the political forum with DVDTracker.  A little background on me.  I am a public relations and political consultant in the State of New York.  I've done work primarily for Republican and Conservative party candidates.  If you have questions on how to increase your presence politically within your communities, I'm here to help.  Best bet is to email me through my aol account if you need to reach me as I can not visit the board at work.

Now step to ladies and show me you can kick some ass on the political front.

DonR, I [b] HATE [/b] you! [soapbox]

Hey Don, whats up with only having God powers in the political forum?  What, I don't get to be omnipotent?  I don't want to be impotent like you...

Hell, couldn't stop NY's AWB, but I did get it watered down.  Originally the legislation would have classified all semi auto rifles with a detachable magazine as an AW.  Yup, those nasty Remington 597s that they never made a "highcap" mag for...  Sadly, even if the federal ban sunsets in 2004, NY's stays :(

Hey, this Moderator thing sucks, I only get the "mod" tag under my name in the political forum?  Sheeesh, nobody even GOES there ;).  How am I supposed to get the babes without the mod tag under my name where people will see it?

The Sullivan law is here to stay.  Sadly, the Court of Appeals is hopelessly liberal and unlikely to overturn it.  The problem in NYS is it is one of the few states that does not have a right to bear arms in the state constitution.  It did at one point, in fact it went so far as to state that the government must maintain stores of arms and munitions suitable to outfit every adult male in the state.  That section of the state constitution was repealed and instead there is a section of New York's Civil Rights Law that says the right to bear arms can not (note, not shall not, but the more powerful CAN NOT) be infringed.  Sadly, Sullivan is exactly that.

The liberal Assembly will never vote to repeal Sullivan, so the only hope in my eyes is the judiciary.  Until such time as a conservative high court in NY exists, it is here to stay.

Anyone wanting to bankroll this court fight can contact me and I'll put together the legal team to try and do it, but odds are not good.

The problem is the the judiciary falls into two camps, strict constructionists and those that feel the Constitution is a living breathing document that evolves with time and whose meaning changes with social interpretation.  BTW, I call bull$hit on that school of thought.

Playing devil's advocate, I will make their argument for them.  No Constitutional right is absolute, when they infringe upon other's rights they may be limited.  The argument that you can not yell fire in a crowded theatre... well unless theire IS a fire in that theatre.  A second case in point, the a$$hole "witness" who said he had details about the sniper in MD/VA/DC and turned out to be a liar.  If free speech was abolute he could give that statement without repercussions, true or not.

As for firearms, in NYS if you are 21 and have a clean record you WILL be given a pistol permit.  It will however be subject to restrictions.  That is an entirely different debate and I am way too tired to delve into it now.  From the liberals point of view, you can own that pistol, even if its usage might be restricted.

Yeah, its BS and we fight it, but its not looking good.

As for the federal Constitution being supreme remember that it was only through later SCOTUS rulings that the provisions of the Bill of Rights were applied at the state level.  You're preaching to the choir, they shouldn't do what they do, but until a federal court has the stones to say no, they will continue to because too many courts have given the anti's a nod in the past.

Excellent and welcome aboard!  

They have been led to believe that "shall not be infringed" is subservient to other clauses.