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Re: Denied Illinois FOID card
Posted by Tracy on 10/01/07

    I am not trying to be a smart ass, but a theory is a proven fact, a theory is
    when testing research have been done over and over to verify it. You mean to say
    hypothesis, rather then theory. A hypothesis is a tentative explanation for an
    observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further
    investigation. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or
    investigation; an assumption. The antecedent of a conditional statement. A theory
    is when a set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or
    phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted
    and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. The federal
    constitution was written for the people and people make up each State, in turn,
    which makes up the federal government, for you to say that the State can over
    ride it is absurd by far, and anyone who believes that is delusional. If what
    your saying was true, then if all states decided to throw out the federal
    constitution, the people would loose all their god given rights, and their would
    be no federal Constitution. It was created to protect the people, it's people
    like you that try to destroy those rights by miss understanding the concept, and
    any grade school kid knows that the constitution is to protect the people of the
    United States citizens. I respect your opinion though. Here’s my question to you,
    if the States can easily as snap their fingers to get rid of the Federal
    constitution, then why have it? Second whom was it written to protect, if it was
    not intended to protect the citizens of the United States? I just want to know
    your views.

    On 9/29/07, friend of NRA wrote:
    > On 9/29/07, Tracy wrote in part:
    >
    >> I am no expert by far, but State government is under the control of the
    >> Federal government.
    >
    > You have described a form of government common around the world but exactly
    > the form of government that the framers of the Constitution feared. They
    > recognized the need for a form of central government but did not want to vest
    > unlimited power in that central government. The system of government they
    > created is commonly called "federalism."
    >
    > The concept of federalism is contained in the 11th Amendment. The 11th
    > Amendment says: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the
    > Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
    > respectively, or to the people."
    >
    > The 2nd Amendment is a limitation only on the power of the federal government,
    > it does not apply to state governments. Therefore; state governments retain
    > the power of gun control to themselves. If the 2nd Amendment ended with the
    > phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
    > by the [states or federal government]" it would apply to the states.
    >
    > The Illinois Constitution is controlling in the matter of gun control and if
    > the Ill. FOID card violates the Ill. Constitution you should pursue your case
    > under that theory. However, if you go around saying that the FOID card
    > violates your 2nd Amendment rights under the US Constitution you will be
    > incorrect and appear quite uninformed.
    >
    > I would hope that any first year law student would have an understanding of
    > federalism.
    >

     
     

 
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