Judge Sonia Sotomayor and Guns

11
Jun/090

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama went to great lengths to convince everyone he was a strong defender of the Second Amendment. Whatever Mr. Obama’s true conviction, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, his pick for the Supreme Court, does not view the Second Amendment as guaranteeing an individual right.

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For those who have any remaining doubts, in a 2004 decision, U.S. v. Sanchez-Villar, Judge Sotomayor ruled “that the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right.”

Judge Sotomayor’s nomination isn’t just about the judge’s beliefs. It also tells us that no matter how much he protests, Mr. Obama’s views on guns are out of sync with those of the vast majority of Americans.

Read the full article here: Washington Times

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