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Re Martin J. Weisman’s Dec. 13 letter responding to a Dec. 10 letter about 2nd Amendment rights versus privileges: The U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. vs. Cruikshank (1876), Presser vs. Illinois (1886), Miller vs. Texas (1894), U.S. vs. Miller (1939) and U.S. vs. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) recognized that the right to arms is an individual right. In the 1939 decision, the court observed that the term “the people” has the same meaning in the 2nd Amendment as it does in the 1st, 4th, 9th and 10th.
Is the Fourth Estate ready to redefine or give up its right under the 1st Amendment? Neither should “the people” have to give up their 2nd Amendment right.
EDGAR C. BAUME
Costa Mesa
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