Few Ripples From Supreme Court Ruling on Guns

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/us/17bar.html?scp=1&sq=gun%20ruling%20was%20called%20a%20landmark&st=cse

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Subject: re: Few Ripples From Supreme Court Ruling on Guns
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To the Editor:

   Judge James C. Francis IV asserted a core American principal when he said "There is no basis for categorically depriving persons who are merely accused of certain crimes of the right to legal possession of a firearm" While we do routinely deprive "persons who are merely accused of certain crimes" of their liberty, that detention is strictly limited--except in the case of George W. Bush's "war on terror". It is a cause of national shame that we have abandoned our dearest principals out of fear, and a source of moral dread that our Supreme Court has demurred to set this right.

Barry Levine