Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Record On Guns
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:57 pmI'm sure there's more, but this is enough to disqualify Ms. Sotomayor, in my opinion.
As a graduate student at Princeton University, Sotomayor wrote a thesis entitled “Deadly Obsession: American Gun Culture.” In the text, Sotomayor makes the argument that the Second Amendment does not actually afford individual citizens the right to bear arms. She believes only the military has this right. According to Sotomayor, it has been illegal for individuals to own firearms since the passing of the Bill of Rights.
In 2004, in U.S. v. Sanchez-Villar, a three-judge panel that included Sotomayor wrote that “the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right.” In another case, Sotomayor ruled that it is illegal for citizens to keep nunchakus in their homes.
Earlier this year, Sotomayor ruled that states do not have to obey the Second Amendment’s commandment that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, according to CNSNews. In Maloney v. Cuomo, Sotomayor signed an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that said the Second Amendment does not protect individuals from having their right to keep and bear arms restricted by state governments.
Clearly, because Sotomayor has stated; "the court of appeals is where policy is made", it is to be expected that she will expand this philosophy on the Supreme Court. Gun rights supporters don't have many options in stopping this nominee, however, I wanted to be on record, in exposing her record.
In Liberty,
Pat McGarrity
Director - Shelby County TFA
http://www.tennesseefirearms.com
As a graduate student at Princeton University, Sotomayor wrote a thesis entitled “Deadly Obsession: American Gun Culture.” In the text, Sotomayor makes the argument that the Second Amendment does not actually afford individual citizens the right to bear arms. She believes only the military has this right. According to Sotomayor, it has been illegal for individuals to own firearms since the passing of the Bill of Rights.
In 2004, in U.S. v. Sanchez-Villar, a three-judge panel that included Sotomayor wrote that “the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right.” In another case, Sotomayor ruled that it is illegal for citizens to keep nunchakus in their homes.
Earlier this year, Sotomayor ruled that states do not have to obey the Second Amendment’s commandment that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, according to CNSNews. In Maloney v. Cuomo, Sotomayor signed an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that said the Second Amendment does not protect individuals from having their right to keep and bear arms restricted by state governments.
Clearly, because Sotomayor has stated; "the court of appeals is where policy is made", it is to be expected that she will expand this philosophy on the Supreme Court. Gun rights supporters don't have many options in stopping this nominee, however, I wanted to be on record, in exposing her record.
In Liberty,
Pat McGarrity
Director - Shelby County TFA
http://www.tennesseefirearms.com