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Head than let you have a gun in your own home. ottis sues, he wins, good for you otis. four of the supreme court justices cant read the constitution, guilfoyle because they say what. >> this is very troubling because they dont find that the second amendment is persuasive and controlling here. they feel that the very restrictive ban that chicago has on possessing handguns is appropriate and is illegal. >> bill: why do they feel that. >> they do not feel it is a violation of the right. >> bill: ca...

Look, when they talk about the second amendment, a well regulated militia and the right of the people, they are talking about the right of the people to have a will-regulated militia. and they are looking at it from historical standpoint. >> bill: do you know what a militia. >> a group, a ban of citizens who are allowed to bear arms. who are allowed to fight. >> bill: they dont have to get a license. the founding father -- im glad you brought this up, wiehl. the founding fathers didnt say you mi...

In d.c., the heller case said, look, when they talk about the second amendment, a well regulated militia and the right of the people, they are talking about the right of the people to have a will-regulated militia. and they are looking at it from historical standpoint. >> bill: do you know what a militia. >> a group, a ban of citizens who are allowed to bear arms. who are allowed to fight. >> bill: they dont have to get a license. the founding father -- im glad you brought this up, wiehl. the fo...

Head than let you have a gun in your own home. ottis sues, he wins, good for you otis. four of the supreme court justices cant read the constitution, guilfoyle because they say what. >> this is very troubling because they dont find that the second amendment is persuasive and controlling here. they feel that the very restrictive ban that chicago has on possessing handguns is appropriate and is illegal. >> bill: why do they feel that. >> they do not feel it is a violation of the right. >> bill: ca...

Your own home. ottis sues, he wins, good for you otis. four of the supreme court justices cant read the constitution, guilfoyle because they say what. >> this is very troubling because they dont find that the second amendment is persuasive and controlling here. they feel that the very restrictive ban that chicago has on possessing handguns is appropriate and is illegal. >> bill: why do they feel that. >> they do not feel it is a violation of the right. >> bill: can they explain it though? the wo...

Commune wafer a clay pigeon? they are in the pocket of the gun lobby on the left right now that theres no reason -- >> what did you make of the law that they threw out, penn? >> i think its always good to go in favor of freedom. what we learned from the heller case is they promised that there was going to be huge amounts of gun violence after this went through and were not seeing that. gun violence is going down. its not going down because of gun control. we obviously dont have a direct cause an...

Fundamental right, like freedom of speech, like the freedom of the press. children have freedom of speech, freedom of the press. does that mean children have the right to bear arms? these were the kinds of issues that were totally off the table for decades. it was clear that the government had the right to regulate access to handguns. that is no longer true, and all bets are off. >> practically, do we know how this works? i mean, theres still gun checks that will remain in place, right? >> for t...

What do you think? >> a huge win for second amendment rights but im disturbed by the fact it was only 5-4. it should have been 9-0. its fantastic. the second amendment is quite clear and its interesting unlike the heller case this really shows the fact that, yes, firearms second amendment is for self-defense and individual possession as well. i think thats so often kicked aside in these arguments. in fact, i think a lot of people try to pretend thats really not what one of the focuses of the sec...

>> practically, do we know how this works? i mean, theres still gun checks that that will remain in place, right? >> for the time being, but they have not been tested. i mean, this is a new set of laws. this is a new understanding of how the constitution works. so we can anticipate that all those -- like the brady law, the gun checks law will be challenged in court. and its very hard to predict how courts will interpret what the court did today, because the earlier ruling on gun control, the hel...

Unlike the heller case this really shows the fact that, yes, firearms second amendment is for self-defense and individual possession as well. i think thats so often kicked aside in these arguments. in fact, i think a lot of people try to pretend thats really not what one of the focuses of the second amendment is. >> larry: its been debated for years, stephanie, the second amendment back to the original minutes in the actual congress. >> it seems like theres no reason anymore in these arguments. ...