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Posted on 08/25/2007 3:09:54 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
In July 1976, less than three years after the District of Columbia was granted the right to govern some of its own affairs, its newly elected city council asserted its new powers by passing one of the nations most controversial laws on one of its most controversial issues: gun control.
In direct defiance of Congress and the White House, the council outmaneuvered the National Rifle Association (NRA)then a million members strongand voted 121 to place an outright ban on almost all handguns.
The goal was to save the Districts citizens from a rising tide of violent crime. By the time the ban was enacted, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or ATF (now known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) had singled out the District as one of 11 cities for a crackdown on handgun violence. Guns were top of mind. In addition to the usual run of murders, rapes, and robberies, there had been two recent attempts to murder President Ford with a pistol (albeit in California), and in nearby Baltimore, a three-year-old had shot and killed a six-year-old.
Under the ban, known as the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, all handguns in the District were declared illegal unless they were registered before the ban took effect. Registered guns were restricted, too: they were to be kept in the home, unloaded and disassembled, or if assembled, disabled by a trigger lock or some other means.
The ban further forbade District citizens from carrying their registered weapons, either openly or concealed, unless they were on their own property. (Later, the ban was amended to forbid the movement of guns on the owners property, too, which meant owners could not legally transport their registered guns from room to room within their homes.)
The ban was, and remains, the most stringent in the country. But it was daring for another reason, too: it tested the limits of the Districts newly granted autonomy.
Under the Home Rule Act, the Districts citizens were given the right to elect their own city council and mayor. The council was given the authority to legislate on local matters, subject to congressional approval. But it was not allowed to amend its own criminal code. As it turns out, that would remain the sole province of Congress until 1979.
On the advice of the staff of Rep. Walter Faunteroy, the famed civil rights activist who was then serving as the Districts first delegate to Congress, the council sidestepped this limit by declaring its gun ban to be part of its health code, not its criminal code.
When Congress held hearings on the legality of the ban, a freshly elected Texas Republican named Ron Paul testified the ban was flat-out illegal. He predicted, I dont think this law will hold up this law is going to be challenged and it is going to be thrown out.
Yet somehow, the Districts handgun ban has stood, almost entirely unchallenged, for three decades. Until now.
Parker v. District of Columbia In March 2007, a three-member panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the heart of the Districts ban on the grounds it violates the Second Amendment. In so doing, the court concluded the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms, not just a collective right that hinges upon service in a militia.
The case in question is Parker v. District of Columbia, which originally was filed in 2003 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit.
In May 2007, the court declined to hear the case en banc, and the District petitioned for a 90-day stay of mandate, which was granted. That means the District may continue to enforce its handgun ban through Monday, August 6.
Between now and then, it is expected that the District will appeal the case to the United States Supreme Court. District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has said he would instruct his lawyers to explore every legal option that will uphold the citys gun ban, which implies an appeal to the Supreme Court. Indeed, the court said it granted the District a stay of mandate based on its expectation the District would seek certiorari. District of Columbia Solicitor General Todd Kim declined to comment on the Districts plan, but insiders confirm an appeal is likely.
Complicating matters, the National Rifle Associationwhich fears the possibility that the Parker decision will not be upheld by the Supreme Courtis backing congressional legislation that would repeal the Districts ban. The District of Columbia Personal Protection Act is being sponsored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Rep. Mark E. Souder (R-IN). Nearly half the Senate has signed on to the Hutchison bill, and Souders cosponsors number 235.
Neither bill has seen congressional action since 2005, but the Parker team is worried. If the legislation were enacted, the Parker decision would be mooted and vacated. Frankly, that would be a disaster for the Second Amendment, says Alan Gura, lead counsel for the Parker plaintiffs and a partner at Gura & Possessky, P.L.L.C.
Guras faith that the Supreme Court will uphold Parker has put him at odds with the NRA; he finds himself in the odd position of urging gun ownership advocates to vote against the bills that would repeal the ban. Meanwhile, gun control advocates also are in a bind. Fighting for the D.C. gun ban means supporting an appeal to the Supreme Court. If the Court grants cert and then strikes down the ban, that would pave the way for challenges to gun control laws all over the country.
Parker was no accidental challenge. It was a test case that had been carefully crafted by Bob Levy, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute.
Levy wasnt just looking to strike down the Districts handgun ban. He wants to get the case before the Supreme Court, where he hopes to convince the Court to adopt an individual rights view of the Second Amendment. Depending on which side is speaking, that would either be a reversal or a clarification of the only Second Amendment case the Supreme Court has ever decided, United States v. Miller, in 1939.
To David Gossett, who helped write a joint amicus brief in support of the Districts handgun ban, an individual rights reading would require a reversal of Miller. The Supreme Court in Miller made it quite clear that the Second Amendment, as far as Congress and the Founders were concerned, is about the right of people to band together in a militia, says Gossett, a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. The Second Amendment is the only amendment that has a prefatory clause, and that clause has a clear purpose.
Arguments that the Second Amendment rights extend beyond militia service are wrong, Gossett contends. Its losers history that theyre focused on.
Gura counters that Miller explains that when people are called to militia duty, they are expected to bring arms supplied by themselves. Clearly to the extent that the Founders were concerned about preserving the militia, they saw the right to keep and bear arms as essential to that purpose. Which is not to say thats the only purpose they had in mind.
United States v. Miller Miller involved two men who were indicted for crossing state borders with an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in violation of the National Firearms Act of 1934. The defendants counsel argued, among other things, the act was a violation of the Second Amendment.
The Court disagreed, saying the arms referred to by the Second Amendment must have some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia. Without proof that a sawed-off shotgun fell in this category, the Court said it could not conclude that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such a weapon.
In its analysis, the Court declared the Second Amendments obvious purpose is related to the upkeep of a militia, in accordance with the amendments preamble, A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State It did not state the amendments purpose was related to an individual right to bear arms outside of a militia.
Gun ownership advocates argue the preamble is an example of what the people may do with guns they keep and bear, not a limit. The Constitution contains three preambles: We the People, the preamble to the Copyright and Patents clause, and the one in the Second Amendment, Gura says. And what the courts have consistently held, quite logically, is that preambles are nice, flowery language, but they dont limit or contain the operative clause. The militia clause gives a reason, but it doesnt give the only reason. It cant negate completely the fact that the right of the people is to keep and bear arms.
Paul Rothstein, who teaches constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center, thinks Miller is confusing. It is being read different ways by different people and different courts. It wasnt clear whether Miller was saying, This is not an individual right. This is just a right of state militias. Or, whether it was saying, This particular type of gun was a sawed-off shotgun that wasnt ever used by militias. Individual people have the right to have guns that the militia would have used.
Dennis Hennigan, counsel for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, thinks Miller is hard to misunderstand. People get all involved in, Is the right collective? Or, is the right individual? Its actually much simpler than that. The Miller Court says, quite expressly, that the purpose of the Second Amendment is to ensure the continued viability of state militia and that the right guaranteed must be understood with that in mind. Nine other circuit courts have said thats what Miller said. The court of appeals panel said the Second Amendment is not limited to militia service, but that it also guarantees a right to possess guns for self-defense or huntingthat is private purposes. Those purposes are unrelated to militia service. So on the face of it, the Parker majority ruled in utter contradiction to the Miller holding.
How the Courts Read Miller For 68 years, courts interpreted Miller as the Supreme Courts definitive statement that Second Amendment rights are collective, not individual.
Then, about a decade ago, things changed. There was a concerted effort by a small group of right wing academics in the 1990s to create a question over the meaning of the Second Amendment, Gossett says.
The NRAs campaigning on the subject so offended former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger that he declared the Second Amendment to be the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. Burger declared the NRA had misled Americans and had far too much influence on the Congress of the United States than as a citizen I would like to seeand I am a gun man.
Gossett says the NRA was successful in recasting the meaning of the amendment in the minds of the judiciary. You then get judges who are active members of the Federalist Society to buy into it, which all leads up to the Fifth Circuits decision in Emerson.
With its 2001 decision in United States v. Emerson, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit broke ranks with Miller. Emerson presented the question of whether the Second Amendment protects the right of an individual under a domestic restraining order to keep and bear arms.
The case involved a man who was placed under a restraining order after having threatened his estranged wife and daughter. In its 77-page decision, the Fifth Circuit opined at length on the origins of the Second Amendment, and declared that it guarantees an individual right to bear arms. Among other cases, the majority cited the 1990 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, in which the Court held that the people of the First, Second, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments are individuals, not states.
While the Emerson court held that Second Amendment rights are individual, it also found they are not absolute. The court declined to extend those rights to people under domestic restraining orders.
In a special concurrence, Circuit Judge Robert M. Parker said the majority decision had gone beyond the scope of the case. Nothing in this case turns on the original meaning of the Second Amendment, so no court need follow what the majority has said in that regard, he wrote.
Gossett agrees. The Fifth Circuits decision in Emerson is pure dictum, he says.
Ashcroft Memo Dictum or not, Emerson gained immediate traction with the Executive Branch. On Nov. 9, 2001, three weeks after the Emerson decisionand just two months after the terrorist attacks of September 11Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a memo to all United States attorneys, endorsing the Fifth Circuits view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms, with reasonable restrictions.
In my view, the Emerson opinion, and the balance it strikes, generally reflect the correct understanding of the Second Amendment, Ashcroft wrote.
Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, in her dissent in Parker, observed that the Ashcroft memo is not a legal precedent, and neither are any of the federal judiciarys ruminations about what the framers intended when they wrote the Second Amendment. Federal judges found it irresistible to extemporize on meaning of the Second Amendment, she noted, belittling their treatises as page after page of dueling dicta.
No matter what others have said about Second Amendment rights, Henderson took view that, Millers label is the only one that matters. And unless and until the Supreme Court revisits Miller, its reading of the Second Amendment is the one we are obliged to follow.
A Tale of Two Lawsuits Although many have assumed that Parker is backed by the gun lobby, that is not the case. In fact, due to disagreements over strategy, the NRA has tried to derail the Parker litigation to prevent it from getting to the Supreme Court. The tale, which is spelled out in court documents relating to the Parker case, is an amusing illustration of how politics make strange enemies.
Levys strategy was to file a test case that could only be decided on Second Amendment grounds, and that had the greatest chance of making its way to the Supreme Court.
He wanted his case to be as clean as possible, meaning that the plaintiffs would be citizens with no criminal records, and their complaint would be strictly limited to the meaning of the Second Amendment, so the case could not be decided on any other grounds.
All of the challenges that had been mounted in the past had been by criminals, seeking some excuse for felony charges, all of which were sort of absurd, Levy says. There hadnt been a good test in the courts before Parker.
The summer before Parker was filed, the NRA met with Levy to discuss the case. According to the Parker teams description of the exchange, the NRAs lawyers said they were worried Parker might prevail in appellate court but meet a more hostile reception at the Supreme Court based on the near-term composition of the Court. At that point, Justice Sandra Day OConnor was on the Court and was considered a majority maker, but her position on gun control was unclear.
The NRA counsel then encouraged Parker counsel either not to file the case, or, if the case were filed, to build in a trap door that would give the court a basis, if it chose, to avoid a four-square holding on the Second Amendment and thereby minimize the likelihood of the Supreme Court reaching that issue, according to court documents.
Levy was determined to maintain control over Parker, which Levywho once ran his own technology investment firmis personally funding, and which Gura is working on for below market rates. We didnt want Parker portrayed as litigation that the gun community was sponsoring. We wanted to retain complete control over plan of selection of the parties to file complaint and the arguments that they would present to the court and the timing and content of the briefs, Levy says.
After all, the NRA had 26 years to do it, and the fact that they didnt suggest it was time for other people to step in, Levy says. (Twenty-six years refers to the time between the passage of the Districts handgun ban, and 2002, when Parker was being researched.)
Parker was filed on Feb. 10, 2003. The NRA responded by filing its own test case, Seegars v. Ashcroft on April 4, 2003. Seegars was filed in the same court, and has since been renamed Seegars v. Gonzales. The lead counsel for Seegars had conducted some early research for the Parker case. Gura derides Seegars as a copycat case.
In a messy courtroom battle, the NRA tried and failed to have Seegars combined with Parker. Seegars moved through the court more quickly than Parker, but it eventually was rendered moot when all five of its plaintiffs were denied standing.
Though Parker prevailed in the D.C. Court of Appeals, that court denied standing to five of its six plaintiffs, including the cases namesake. Parker now has only one plaintiff, Dick Anthony Heller, a District police officer who is licensed to carry a handgun as part of his job protecting the federal judiciary at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in the District.
Standing In both Seegars and Parker, plaintiffs lost their standing because they did not meet the standing doctrine, as set forth in the highly controversial 1997 decision in Navegar, Inc. v. United States.
In Navegar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled a Miami-based maker of a top-selling semiautomatic assault gun could not challenge the federal assault weapons ban unless its products were specifically named in the ban, which they are not.
Since Navegar, D.C. plaintiffs who wish to challenge laws that they have not yet broken must first prove the District has singled them out for enforcement. All of the plaintiffs in Seegars and Parker mounted pre-enforcement challenges to the law, but none could prove the District had singled them out for enforcement.
The only reason Parker plaintiff Heller still has standing is that, unlike the others, he tried to register a handgun he planned to keep in his District home, and his application was denied. The denial of registration is considered sufficient cause to grant standing.
In both Seegars and Parker, the appellate court applied Navegar grudgingly. In Seegars, the court noted that although it was faithfully applying Navegar, Navegar was not consistent with the Supreme Courts 1979 decision in Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union. In Babbitt, the Court ruled a person could challenge a law that affects a constitutional interest without breaking that law, as long as he could show that he was likely to be prosecuted if he did.
Theres been a lot of criticism of Navegar because its fairly apparent that Navegar is wrong, Gura says.
Writing for the majority in Parker, Judge Laurence Silberman signaled as much: unless and until this court en banc overrules these recent precedents [Navegar and Seegars], we must be faithful to Seegars just as the majority in Seegars was faithful to Navegar, he wrote.
Gura does not think the Navegar precedent will last. Navegar is a dead case walking, he says. At some point in time, in the very near future, the D.C. Circuit will address it and get rid of it. I cant imagine that with two panels within three years saying its inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent, that theyre going to allow it to fester and make problems. Personally my opinion is Navegar is gone. Its just a question of when and how theyre going to bury that precedent.
Crystal Ball Hennigan believes the Supreme Court is likely to grant cert in Parker. They need four votes to take it up. And its certainly possible to count four votes for taking that up. I would think most likely four would probably be Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, and Alito. But you never know, he says.
Jonathan Katz, a Second Amendment lawyer who is a partner at Marks & Katz, LLC, is not sure the Supreme Court will take the case. It seems that the Supreme Court has been very successful in avoiding this issue and will probably find a way to sidestep it here. One of the reasons for review is that there is a split in the circuits. The Supreme Court can always decide that just one circuit following a different path from the rest of them is not enough.
Rothstein agrees, for different reasons. Although the Court did take up cases on partial-birth abortion and greenhouse gases, in general, he says, I think this Court has indicated they want to steer away from the major social issues. I see them as deciding more mundane cases like commercial construction. They may not want to reach out and get this.
The Justices If the Supreme Court does grant cert, the District will find it toughest to win over the four justices noted by Hennigan.
In his confirmation hearings in 2005, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. indicated he did not think Miller had settled the issue of what the Second Amendment means. Thats still very much an open issue, he testified. He also said Emerson alone (Parker would not be decided for another year and a half) constituted a split among the circuits.
In extrajudicial writing, Justice Antonin Scalia has espoused an individual rights view. In his book, A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law, he wrote the Founders considered the right of self-defense to be absolutely fundamental.
Justice Clarence Thomas has signaled a similar outlook. In a concurring decision in Printz v. United States (the Courts 1997 decision that struck down the background check requirement of the Brady Act), he said scholarship shows the right to keep and bear arms is a personal right. He also said he would welcome a chance to review a Second Amendment case.
Justice Samuel Anthony Jr. Alito hasnt written on the Second Amendment. But when he was on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit he wrote, in a minority opinion (United States v. Rybar, 1996), he favored striking the federal machine gun ban on commerce clause grounds. At the Brady Center, Hennigan says, We felt very strongly that he had shown a right wing-activist tilt in his judging. He was the first nominee to the Supreme Court that our organization has ever opposed.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy may be the swing vote, Hennigan believes, but he is not aware of Kennedys thinking on the issue.
In her confirmation hearings in 1993, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg declined to answer questions on her view of the Second Amendment.
In his confirmation hearings in 1994, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said in 14 years, I have never heard anyone seriously argue that any [gun control legislation] was unconstitutional in a serious way. Asked about Miller, Breyer said the decision was fairly limited and narrow. Asked if he would attach special significance to the capitalization of certain first letters in the amendment, Breyer said he would consider it.
Justice David Hackett Souter hasnt written or spoken on his interpretation of the Second Amendment, but he most often votes with Justice Ginsburg. Justice John Paul Stevens hasnt declared himself on the Second Amendment, either.
Of course, past statements by the justices are no indication of future votes. Its difficult for one to predict the outcome of a case based on what a judge has said or done, Hennigan says.
Effect on the District As the appeals process grinds on, the Districts handgun ban hangs in the balance. For decades, the District has said the ban has reduced murder and suicide rates. Its view was supported by a 1991 study published by the peer-reviewed medical journal, New England Journal of Medicine, that examined homicides and suicides in the District, starting almost a decade before the ban, and ending almost a decade after. The study compared these rates with corresponding data for nearby metropolitan areas in Maryland and Virginia, where there is no ban.
The authors concluded that the adoption of the handgun ban coincided with a 25 percent decline in gun-related murders and a 23 percent decline in gun-related suicides in the District. The study didnt find a similar drop in neighboring Maryland or Virginia, and it didnt find an increase in District murders and suicides that did not involve guns.
The ban prevented an average of 47 deaths each year after the law was implemented, the study concluded.
Critics of the study have questioned its methodology and noted the last data it considers is from 1987. They note that in 1988, the Districts overall murder rate jumped 64 percent, and it continued climbing through 1993.
Levy believes the ban is the reason the Districts crime rate is so high. His logic: only criminals have handguns, and that honest citizens are denied the right to self-defense.
Levy knows many disagree, but in Parker, he says, it is not up to his team to prove the ban causes or encourages crime. The rule is if the government wants to violate or truncate your constitutional rights, its the governments burden, first, to prove that it has a compelling need to do so; second, that what it proposes to do will be effective; and third, that there is no less invasive way.
So, its not up to me to show that the ban creates the crime. Its up to the government to show that gun control improves the situation, and theres no evidence to suggest that. All the evidence seems to point the other way.
Rothstein agrees the Court is not likely to find the ban an effective solution. Guns can come in from outside D.C. because criminals can get guns. It is only the law-abiding people that are restricted by the handgun ban. The Court may hold that the ban is not effective in promoting this compelling state interest, Rothstein says. (There is no question that handguns flow into the District, despite the ban. Last year, D.C. police confiscated 2,655 unregistered firearms.)
Who Is the Militia? One of the gun control policies that would seem to fit the text of the Second Amendment is in force across the Atlantic, in Switzerland. There, every able-bodied man between the ages of 20 and 42 must keep in his home a military firearman assault rifle or a semiautomatic pistoland ammunition. The point: to participate in compulsory service in the Swiss militia, which includes mandatory target practice.
The practice came under attack in 2001, after a man took his military-issued assault rifle into the Parliament building in the canton of Zug and shot dead 14 people before killing himself. The shooter was said to have been upset with transportation officials, based on a fight he had had with a bus driver two years earlier.
Hennigan does not think the Swiss system would ever be welcome here, not even by the NRA. Thats not something that the NRA would want. This is kind of the contradiction in their position. A true militia, he says, is subject to rule by government. According to Congress, a militia is controlled by the state. But, to the NRA, gun ownership is a private, individual right, Hennigan says. The idea of any government controlling the guns is anathema to the NRA. So the NRA doesnt believe in a militia.
That contrasts with the gun lobbys occasional position on how to read the militia clause of the Second Amendment. They say that if the militia is the issue, were all the militia. Youre in the militia; Im in the militia. So we all have the right to bear arms, Hennigan says.
Shadow of Virginia Tech The debate over gun control always has been highly emotional, but it took on a renewed urgency in April, when a mentally ill English major named Seung-Hui Cho used two semiautomatic handguns to methodically execute 32 Virginia Tech teachers and students before killing himself.
Virginia Tech is one more example of why guns are the scourge of America, Gossett says.
Levy predicted Virginia Tech will impact Parker insofar as it has invoked the usual cries from the usual suspects for more gun control. But I think the more rational view is the controls that are now in effect are the cause of the problem, not the solution. After all, it takes a long time to kill 32 people. Why the hell didnt someone step in sooner and stop this guy? Because nobody could carry a weapon on the Virginia Tech campus, Levy says, referring to the fact the university is a gun-free zone.
If the Supreme Court grants Parker cert, Levy believes the justices will consider the case on the facts, even though they are affected as humans by the horrors at Virginia Tech. These stories have a short shelf life. What counts is that the justices read this from a matter of law. And thats the way one would hope that is how the justices look at this case. Parker is not talking about concealed carry. Its not talking about outdoor use. Were talking about a gun in your home for use in the home. That has nothing to do with Virginia Tech.
And there was a reason the founders placed the capitol in a neutral city that was not part of any state. It was meant to prevent a state or local jurisdiction from exercising arbitrary control over the capitol, federal goverment, and its employees. I think Congress and federal empolyees should be exempted from all the local DC gun control laws.
No, Mr. Gossett, the real scourge is feel-good, do-nothing victim disarmament zones like Virginia Tech. (Actually, 'do-nothing' is not quite correct. Perhaps 'evil-enabling' is a better term.)
Why does anyone have such trouble with the language of 2A? To refer to the right of the people, means the people have a right. And we well know the Founders' position on the source of rights: it is NOT convenience, security or practicality.
The militia depends on the right, not the right on the militia.
Guns are not for hunting Bambi. They are for keeping the despot at bay. There are millions of would be despots waiting in line for the day guns are outlawed.
The real problem with Virginia Tech is that the only person with balls was a 75 year old man.
The NRA's backing of a legislative fix of the DC gun ban before the case can be heard by SCOTUS may be related to the NRA's understanding that a win by pro-2A forces in court would serve to reduce the NRA's raison d'etre, at least as a political entity.
Excellent post with cogent points from both sides compared and contrasted to expose the gunphobes for what they are.
The money paragraph: "Rothstein agrees the Court is not likely to find the ban an effective solution. Guns can come in from outside D.C. because criminals can get guns. It is only the law-abiding people that are restricted by the handgun ban. The Court may hold that the ban is not effective in promoting this compelling state interest, Rothstein says. (There is no question that handguns flow into the District, despite the ban. Last year, D.C. police confiscated 2,655 unregistered firearms.)"
In a nutshell and boiled down to molasses, as they say.
Well they say the "Pen is Mightier Than the Sword "
So the bans etc should be on the radio and TV which can reach millions with any manner of rumors lies etc that cause riots wars etc
I can think of one...Hillary.
With regret, I cannot take any article seriously which misquotes the 2nd Amendment in the very first line.
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, (ONE COMMA)the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
Best regards,
This is the first I've heard of capitalization of words in the second amendment having "special significance". I recall all the discussion of clauses and commas, but nothing about use of upper case...
On another thread, I offered some of the Founders own words to illustrate their simple 2nd A dictum: [emphasis added]
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed -- unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
--James Madison
"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
--Thomas Jefferson
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
-- George Mason
"Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American."
-- Tench Coxe
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."
-- George Washington
"No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion."
--Andrew Fletcher (1655-1716)
"No freeman shall [ever] be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands or tenements]"
--Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), proposed Virginia Constitution, June 1776, in Thomas Jefferson's_Papers
"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
--George Mason (1725-1792), June 14, 1788, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution, in_Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
"That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United states who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms..."
--Samuel Adams (1722-1803), in_Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
-- Tenche Coxe to James Madison. Federal Gazette. 1789
"The great objective is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."
--Patrick Henry
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
-- Thomas Jefferson
I cannot understand how these simple ideas and utterances of the Founders can be miscontrued, especially this one:
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."
--Thomas Jefferson
A well regulated militia would always be a necessary check on tyrannical government. The founders knew that as long as the government had sole possession of weapons the citizens would be slaves. An army protects and defends against external enemies. A militia protects and defends from within. Further, the "well regulated" language only meant that the most resourceful method of both resisting and overthrowing tyranny required organization and a meeting of the minds and commonality of not only purpose but a commonality necessary to replace the government with the shared vision and ideas of it's members. Being well regulated and organized necessarily would require the building of a concensus. And by extension, a concensus requires yet still democracy. Therefore, those that threw off and replaced tyrannical rule would at least be borne of democracy itself ensuring the greater potential for freedom. (Can anyone point to where they've ever read or heard my argument?)
As for gun ownership being a personal right, there are quotes galore from the founders and a the Bill Of Rights speak for personal rights as the DC Court correctly held. Guns put food on the table. They kept the wicked at bay. And it was so generally accepted that the individual has a natural right to defend life and property which was so core and central to everyone that it never dawned on the founders that one day society could become so diseased and otherwise duped and brainwashed into thinking that these natural rights were rights given by government.
I'm with you in spirit 100%, but half of those quotes are bogus.
Bumped for future reading...
Rudy too.
Please let me know which ones are bogus, so I can remove them from my list.
"...which ones are bogus..."
I've read these two are potentially bogus and possibly others:
"The beauty of..." by Jefferson
"The constitution...their right..." by Jefferson
Here are some sites claiming to identify bogus quotes (of course I question their verity as well!):
" There are millions of would be despots waiting in line for the day guns are outlawed."
"I can think of one...Hillary."
And Obama is even more stridently anti-second amendment. I wonder if people will rally like they've done in the recent past and think of their gun rights on election day?
I think Fred Thompson paired with someone (Ron Paul?) could take them down because he's also popular with independents and a lot of dems, too. Paul could pick up the libertarians. I've heard from fence-sitters that they fear losing their RKBA and are putting aside a lot of the other issues that would normally energize them.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The authors concluded that the adoption of the handgun ban coincided with a 25 percent decline in gun-related murders and a 23 percent decline in gun-related suicides in the District. The study didnt find a similar drop in neighboring Maryland or Virginia, and it didnt find an increase in District murders and suicides that did not involve guns.
The ban prevented an average of 47 deaths each year after the law was implemented, the study concluded.
I can't believe this "study" is still being presnted as evidence for the effectiveness of the DC ban! This is a perfect example of politics trumping science.
Yes, the number of murders declined in DC after enactment of the ban, but so did the population. Yes, the number of murders in the surrounding areas went up, as did the population. This so called "study" compared the absolute number of murders in those areas over time, not the murder rates! Talk about flawed methodology.
Still, to get the results they wanted, the authors of the study had to end it in 1987, even though later data were available, because the crack epidemic in DC started the next year, with its concurrent huge increase in murders.
No, what the NRA is afraid of is a ruling like "Roe v Wade" where the Supreme Court rules you do not have an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Such a ruling would stand for decades before being challenged again.
Is that what you want?
Imagine this scenario: SCOTUS rules DC ban unconstitutional (but for a convoluted reason, not citizen rights), then Hillary/Obama run for the White House minimizing any gun control efforts, citing the recent SCOTUS decision.
Gun owners stay home....Hillary/Obama get elected...the new President sends her Attorney General out to find 'loopholes' that need to be closed in existing gun laws.
Liberals are the masters of clouding crime rates to suit their socialist agenda.
They still count children killed by firearms as those chilren up to the age of 25 and those shot by the police during the commission of a crime.
Here is an analysis of the sentence of the 2A that is very hard to argue with.
Such a ruling would stand for decades before being challenged again.
Is that what you want?
Such a ruling may launch us into another revolution should anyone try to enforce it.
"Is that what you want?"
A real bloody revolution, with police, military and civilian turning against each other.
The NRA just wanted to wait until the odds were better that the SCOTUS would rule in our favor.
Do you think a ruling in our favor is a given?!
Liberals have no trouble arguing against facts.
Lawyers and judges have so convoluted the meaning of the constitution that a ruling either way is not a given.
Thanks for the good reminders about that study. Unfortunately, the DC Bar Journal does not publish letters to the editor.
Thanks for the good reminders about that study. Unfortunately, the DC Bar Journal does not publish letters to the editor.
"Yes, the number of murders declined in DC after enactment of the ban, but so did the population. Yes, the number of murders in the surrounding areas went up, as did the population. This so called "study" compared the absolute number of murders in those areas over time, not the murder rates! Talk about flawed methodology."
Not only that, but if memory serves me right, the comparison dates were very carefully selected to maximize the murders before the ban, and minimize them afterward. I think, for example, that they included data as under the ban before it even went into effect.
The odds haven't been better in a long time, and if the Dems retain control of congress and gain the WH, it may not happen again in a long time.
As for the revolution; this country is poised for one right now. We haven't been this divided since the 1860's. Couple that with theexpress willingness of the government to force its will on us, all that is needed is a spark, and depriving freedom loving, gun owning Americans of that basic right could be that spark.
In German, nouns are always capitalized. Even though the Constitution is written in English, it appears to capitalize nouns as they would be in German. I'm not familiar enough with writings of the day to know whether such capitalization was common. If it wasn't, I wonder if it was done in the Constitution to prevent people from reading anything into capitalization (much the same reason as many ballots print candidate names in ALLCAPS).
I don't use gun or 2nd Amend. sites to verify *any* quotes, especially RKBA quotes. I go to actual "scholarly" or "quote" sites to verify them, which I have done with all the ones that I listed. However, I cannot say that either I or anyone else may not be mistaken.
I wouldn't exactly use guncite.com, saf.org or hkweaponssystems.com to *disprove* any quote either, just as a geocities or angelfire webpage shouldn't be used to prove or disprove *anything*. :^)
I have now noted that the "until they try to take it" Jefferson quote as questionable in my list, but I do see that several other "quote" or "scholarly" sites have it listed as valid - and it looks like guncite.com and saf.org have almost identical pages that claim (and link back to each other) that that quote is bogus. So I don't know that *they* are the final arbiters, either.
But I will refrain from using it 'til I get it *confirmed* as valid.
And one questionable, out of all of them, isn't quite what I'd consider making "half" of them bogus. #8^D
But I do thank you all for your input.
I guess Gura would be quite happy with repeal of the National Firearms Act, at least in so far as it concerns full auto machine guns.
I'll take an M-16, an M-14 and maybe an M-249. I don't think I could afford to feed an M-2, or I'd get one of those too. Not mention an M-203 for the M-16, ammo for it and the rest, and a few of these for self defense:
But I suspect his "respect" for the "militia arms only" theory would tend to evaporate in the face of private ownership, with no license, no tax, nothing beyond a simple background check, if that.
Besides my handguns are in .45 ACP, and one of those is a 1911A1, what could be better than that for a lowly Captain of Militia. My long gun is in 7.62x51 NATO, my short long gun is an M-1 Carbine. Militia arms all. But I would like to replace the 7.62 with an M-14 or perhaps a select fire version of an AR-10 or similar weapon, and the M-1 with an M-2. Well I also have something in 7.62x39, but the design is strictly semiautomatic and if I was going to have another one it would be select fire, maybe an M-16 type in that caliber.
Asking gun grabbers to diagram a sentence, or even read such a diagram is asking them to grasp beyond their reach, way beyond. After all, it was way into 7th or 8th grade before we learned to do those things. I had to teach it to other students in 10th grade, who hadn't had teacher's as good as mine were. Kind of enjoyed it I did. But I've backslid since then I'm afraid. But the Second Amendment is a piece of cake.
While he likely actually would be, I see I commingled in my mind Gura's "preservation of the militia" argument against the ban, with Gossett's arguments about "militia only" argument. And worse, I got Gura confused with Gossett.That's what I get for trying to FReep and watch "In Harm's Way" at the same time, while also keeping the dog amused with his favorite game, about his only game, that is "fetch".
In any event, I suspect Gossett wouldn't be too happy about militia members, basically all males 17-45 plus female National Guardsmen, by federal law, but in some states all citizens, male and female, with varying age ranges (18-60 in Texas, I've got a couple more years.), owning those weapons I mentioned even though they are very sorts of weapons that a militia would need to help defend the country, against a foreign invasion, or a rogue government, which are the two most mentioned "missions" for the militia in the writings of the founding fathers.
the rule of the Miller case, if intended to be comprehensive and complete would seem to be already outdated, in spite of the fact that it was formulated only three and a half years ago, because of the well known fact that in the so called "Commando Units" some sort of military use seems to have been found for almost any modern lethal weapon. In view of this, if the rule of the Miller case is general and complete, the result would follow that, under present day conditions, the federal government would be empowered only to regulate the possession or use of weapons such as a flintlock musket or a matchlock harquebus. But to hold that the Second Amendment limits the federal government to regulations concerning only weapons which can be classed as antiques or curiosities, -almost any other might bear some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia unit of the present day,-is in effect to hold that the limitation of the Second Amendment is absolute. Another objection to the rule of the Miller case as a full and general statement is that according to it Congress would be prevented by the Second Amendment from regulating the possession or use by private persons not present or prospective members of any military unit, of distinctly military arms, such as machine guns, trench mortars, anti-tank or anti-aircraft guns, even though under the circumstances surrounding such possession or use it would be inconceivable that a private person could have any legitimate reason for having such a weapon. It seems to us unlikely that the framers of the Amendment intended any such result.
IOW, the Miller court said the people have an individual right to keep and bear any "modern lethal weapon", but that notion appalls us, so we'll just substitute our own judgment for that of the Supreme Court, and of the framers of the amendment.
But that's pretty much the way of the gun grabbers, they make up these "interpretations" as they go along to achieve whatever it is they wish to achieve. An interesting law journal article on the subject is CAN THE SIMPLE CITE BE TRUSTED?: LOWER COURT INTERPRETATIONS OF UNITED STATES V. MILLER AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT, Brannon P. Denning, 26 Cumb. L. Rev. 961-1004 (1996),
Schulman:] "(5) Which of the following does the phrase 'well-regulated militia' mean: 'well-equipped', 'well-organized,' 'well-drilled,' 'well-educated,' or 'subject to regulations of a superior authority'?"
[Copperud:] "(5) The phrase means 'subject to regulations of a superior authority;' this accords with the desire of the writers for civilian control over the military."
[Schulman:] "(6) (If at all possible, I would ask you to take account the changed meanings of words, or usage, since that sentence was written 200 years ago, but not take into account historical interpretations of the intents of the authors, unless those issues can be clearly separated."
[Copperud:] "To the best of my knowledge, there has been no change in the meaning of words or in usage that would affect the meaning of the amendment. If it were written today, it might be put: "Since a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged.'
The meaning of "regulated" and especially "well regulated" has changed over the years. "Well regulated meant properly functioning, well suited for it's intended purpose, not controlled by an outside entity. This is pretty clear in a quote from 1788
That the strength of the Wabash Indians who were principally the object of the resolve of the 21st of July 1787, and the strength of the Creek Indians is very different. That the said Creeks are not only greatly superior in numbers but are more united, better regulated, and headed by a man whose talents appear to have fixed him in their confidence.
That your Secretary humbly apprehends the regular troops of the Union on the Ohio were considered as the basis of the before recited resolve of the 21st of July 1787. That the Militia intended to have been drawn forth were to have acted as auxiliaries to the said regular troops and that all the arrangements were to have been made under the direction of the commanding Officer of the said troops. That the case is widely different on the frontiers of Georgia no troops of the United States being there, nor is it easily practicable to remove any considerable body from the Ohio, were the measure expedient in other respects.
That this difference of circumstances will require a different and more extensive arrangement for the protection of the frontier of Georgia than any that were contemplated by the aforesaid resolve of the 21st of July 1787.
That the frontiers of Georgia may be protected either by a large body of militia detached from time to time, or by a Corps of troops regularly organized and enlisted for a certain period. That a consideration of the expence and irregularity of detachments of mere militia, compared with the oeconomy and vigor of a corps of troops properly organized would evince the great superiority and advantage to be derived to the public by the adoption of the organized troops.
That from the view of the object your Secretary has been able to take he conceives that the only effectual mode of acting against the said Creeks in case they should persist in their hostilities would be by making an invasion of their country with a powerful body of well regulated troops always ready to combat and able to defeat any combination of force the said Creeks could oppose and to destroy their towns and provisions. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 MONDAY, JULY 28, 1788.
Except for this part near the end:
That contrasts with the gun lobbys occasional position on how to read the militia clause of the Second Amendment. They say that if the militia is the issue, were all the militia. Youre in the militia; Im in the militia. So we all have the right to bear arms, Hennigan says.
Shadow of Virginia Tech The debate over gun control always has been highly emotional, but it took on a renewed urgency in April, when a mentally ill English major named Seung-Hui Cho used two semiautomatic handguns to methodically execute 32 Virginia Tech teachers and students before killing himself.
Virginia Tech is one more example of why guns are the scourge of America, Gossett says.
Best we find out now, rather than after we are disarmed, what the Court thinks of our rights.
If the Court rules, with some resonable degree of clarity, that the second amendment does not protect the rights of individual members of the group known as "the people", even Claire will probably agree that it's no longer "too early". .
Perhaps after Hillary or Obama or Rudy appoints a few Justices?
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First place in the AHL's West Division is at stake this weekend as the Oklahoma City Barons and Abbotsford Heat meet in a two-game series Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. inside the Cox Convention Center.
When the series is over, the Barons will have played six games in an eight-day span, their busiest stretch of the season.
OKC snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory at Rockford on Wednesday.
"It was huge to win that game," Barons coach Todd Nelson admitted. "That would have been a pretty devastating game for us to lose. It's tough to go into a weekend series when you're not feeling good about yourself."
OKC (11-4-0-1) swept the Heat (11-4-1-0) in Abbotsford on Nov. 3 and 5. The Barons won both games late, scoring with 36 seconds left in regulation and winning two nights later in overtime.
The Heat hasn't lost since, is riding a four-game winning streak and is 9-1 on the road this season.
When the Barons were piecing together a six-game winning streak that started at Houston three weeks ago, Nelson noted how his players had developed a bit of a swagger and their confidence grew with each victory.
However, the Barons lost 3-2 in back-to-back games last Saturday at home against Charlotte and Sunday at Milwaukee.
"What started us on that winning streak were good habits, but we got away from that," Nelson said. "We started taking shortcuts and that's pretty normal with any team when it's not playing well. We kind of got back on track Wednesday night, but we weren't as dominant as we wanted to be.
"If we had gone into this weekend on a three-game losing streak, we probably wouldn't have much composure and that swagger would be gone. Our character shined through in the end at Rockford."
Nelson said a coach can learn many things about his team during a demanding stretch such as this, among them being depth, stamina and attitude.
"But it's going to be about character this weekend," Nelson said. "Anytime there are back-to-back games, tempers do flair. We both know what's at stake. It's going to be a huge weekend.
"Abbotsford is playing really well right now. They're rolling pretty good. They're a good road hockey team, too. It's going to be a very tough weekend. The checking will be tight. We've got to be ready to play because it's not going to be easy at all."
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Can I place ceramic tile directly on a lanolium floor in a bath room? The floor has only been down for 8 years and is in good shape.
If not, how do I remove the lanolium?
If not, how do I remove the lanolium?
Not directly, unless it is concrete slab, I'd put some mortar, then lay cement backerboard, then more mortar, then the tile. No need to take up the linoleum, just put mortar and then put backerboard on top of it. (I would only put tile on concrete directly or backerboard). Other people might have different results but I've done this with no problems. Especially with the mortar and screws, the backerboard isn't going anywhere. Hope this helps.
I don't know specifically aboout "lanolium" but we had tile successfully installed over ceramic tile and over vinyl sheet flooring. In both cases the professional installer roughed up the surface with a power sander before applying the thin set. Both the tile and the vinyl floors were on a slab.
mcdanard is right-I should have clarified. If this is not on a slab (like most 2nd floor brooms), movement in the floor joists and wood underlayment can cause tile to crack because it can't flex. Bottom line, if it is on a slab you have some options (to be safe you can take up the previous flooring and put directly on slab), but if this is not on the ground floor it's a lot more work and you need backerboard.
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The Memphis Irish Society is enrolling for its 2016 Irish Gaelic class, set to begin Saturday, Jan. 9, in the Germantown area (contact for exact venue). The class is free, informal, and is open to all adults and children of middle-school age and older. It will meet most Saturdays throughout the year with some breaks. Email email@example.com for details.
ULI Memphis, the local Urban Land Institute chapter, will present its annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate event Thursday, Dec. 3, from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road. National and local speakers will discuss a variety of emerging real estate trends. Visit memphis.uli.org/events to register.
The Peabody will kick off the holiday season with Santa's arrival and its tree-lighting ceremony Friday, Nov. 27, at 149 Union Ave. Events begin with the 11 a.m. Duck March. Local choirs will sing throughout the day, and Santa and his elves will arrive after the 5 p.m. Duck March to pass out candy and light the Peabody Christmas tree. Visit peabodymemphis.com.
Mid-South Ice House will be open for its Holiday Season from Friday, Nov. 27, through Jan. 5 at 10705 Ridgeway Industrial Drive in Olive Branch. Special events include a "Frozen" Friday Skate, a Star Wars Skate, a Grinchmas Skate and more. Visit midsouthicehouse.com for a schedule.
Cooper-Young's Rocktober music series kicks off Monday through Thursday, Oct. 5-8, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the gazebo at Cooper Street and Young Avenue. Performers include Tony Maynard (Oct. 5), Davy Ray Bennett (Oct. 6), Nora & Chuck Retroactive (Oct. 7) and Subtractions (Oct. 8). Concerts continue throughout October. Visit cooperyoung.com.
Circuit Playhouse will present the regional premiere of "Carrie the Musical" Friday, Oct. 2, through Oct. 25 at 51 S. Cooper St. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for times and tickets.
Sales & Marketing Society of the Mid-South will meet Thursday, Oct. 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Napa Cafe, 5101 Sanderlin, suite 122. Selena Silvestro of The Selling Agency will present "Digital Differentiation: A 5-Point Sales Strategy to Earn More Customers." Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Visit sms-midsouth.org.
The Center City Development Corp. board will meet Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 9 a.m. in the Downtown Memphis Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St., and the Downtown Parking Authority will meet at 4 p.m. in the same location. Visit downtownmemphiscommission.com.
Playhouse on the Square will host the Great Wine Performances wine tasting Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Playhouse, 66 S. Cooper St. Characters in full costume will describe the wines. As guests sip, they can test their theatrical expertise for wonderful prizes. Tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org.
Touchdown Club of Memphis will meet Monday, Aug. 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Chickasaw Country Club, 3395 Galloway Ave. Sportswriter and broadcaster Tony Barnhart, "Mr. College Football," will speak. Cost is $60. Visit tdcmemphis.com.
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Memphis Botanic Garden will host a horticulture therapy workshop Thursday, July 9, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, July 10, from 7:30 a.m. to noon at MBG, 750 Cherry Road. The workshop is geared to service providers interested in new ways to achieve therapeutic goals and people interested in doing horticultural outreach to special-needs populations. Cost is $100 for both days, $70 for Day One only, and $45 for Day Two only. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com or call 901-636-4128.
Twilight Tuesday, Beale Street Landing's free outdoor movie series, will feature "Pirates of the Carribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" Tuesday, July 7, at 8:30 p.m. on the roof of Beale Street Landing, 251 Riverside Drive. Bring a blanket and enjoy a to-go order from Riverfront Bar & Grill or a nearby food truck. Visit memphisriverfront.com.
Memphis Botanic Garden and World Forum Nature will celebrate International Mud Day Monday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MBG, 750 Cherry Road. Make mud crafts, including a take-home planting, mud mask and mud paintings. Cost is $3 plus MBG admission. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.
National Black MBA Association, Memphis chapter will host an entrepreneur session Thursday, June 18, from 6:10 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. at International Paper headquarters, tower 3, 6420 Poplar Ave. The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) will discuss basics of entrepreneurship and successful business ownership. Guests welcome. Visit nbmbaamemphis.org.
Luna Nova Ensemble will present the ninth annual Belvedere Chamber Music Festival Wednesday, June 17, through Saturday, June 20. Evening concerts are at 7:30 p.m. each night at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1750 Peabody Ave. Afternoon concerts are Friday and Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Beethoven Club, 263 S. McLean Blvd. Admission is free. Visit lunanova.org.
Memphis Blues Society and Overton Square will host a Bluesday Tuesday concert featuring Darren Jay Fallas with guest Papa Don McMinn Tuesday, June 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Tower Courtyard, 2101 Madison Ave. Cost is free. Visit overtonsquare.com.
Page Robbins Adult Day Center will host a free dementia care presentation Monday, June 15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Germantown Presbyterian Church, 2363 Germantown Road S. David Troxel, co-founder of the Best Friends Approach, will speak followed by a Q&A. Cost is free. Visit pagerobbins.org.
Literacy Mid-South will host the fourth annual Literatini benefit Friday, June 12, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 387 Perkins Road Extended. The event will feature martini tastings, a Q&A with Harper Lee memoirist Marja Mills and more. Tickets are $50 a person or $75 a couple. Visit literacymidsouth.org.
Central Defense Staffing will host a recruitment event Thursday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6084 Apple Tree Drive, suite 10. CDS is seeking to fill specific warehouse positions in Memphis and North Mississippi. Visit centraldefensestaffing.com or call 901-473-6385.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host the Boldly Bookish YA Tour Wednesday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the bookstore, 387 Perkins Road Extended. Meet four of Bloomsbury Publishing's breakout YA authors Visit thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. will meet Tuesday, June 9, at 9 a.m. in the Downtown Memphis Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St. Visit downtownmemphiscommission.com.
Lifeblood will hold its 2015 Donor Fest Monday through Saturday, June 8-13, as it seeks to collect more than 1,963 units of blood. Donation centers will be open extended hours. Donors will receive a limited-edition shirt and are invited to a celebration Saturday, June 13, at 9:30 a.m. at the Saint Benedict at Auburndale soccer field, 8250 Varnavas Drive. Visit donorfest.org.
2015 Beale Street Music Festival will be held Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 3, in Tom Lee Park. The kickoff to the Memphis in May International Festival includes more than 60 acts crossing every genre. Tickets are $40 each day. Visit memphisinmay.org/musicfestival for a lineup and more information.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare will hold a flag-raising ceremony recognizing National Donate for Life Month on Thursday, April 2, at 2 p.m. at the Methodist University Hospital flagpole, at the corner of Bellevue Boulevard and Eastmoreland Avenue. Transplant recipients, hospital officials and transplant physicians will participate. Visit methodisthealth.org.
Talk Shoppe will meet Wednesday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the University of Phoenix–Memphis Campus, 65 Germantown Court, first floor. Dotty Summerfield Giusti of Summerfield Associates Inc. will present "Consulting and Recruiting." Cost is free. Visit talkshoppe.biz.
Memphis Botanic Garden will kick off the 2015 Vine to Wine tasting series with "A Taste of Germany" Tuesday, March 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at MBG, 750 Cherry Road. Each event fea-tures eight wines or cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres. Tickets are $25 for members or $35 for nonmembers. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.
Memphis Botanic Garden will kick off the 2015 Vine to Wine tasting series with "A Taste of Germany" Tuesday, March 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at MBG, 750 Cherry Road. Each event features eight wines or cocktails in and light hors d'oeuvres. Tickets are $25 for members or $35 for nonmembers. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.
Chandler Reports will hold its Master Your Market: 2014 Year-in-Review on Thursday, March 26, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Memphis Marriott East, 5795 Poplar Ave. The seminar will feature an in-depth analysis of local commercial and residential real estate trends, and a guest panel discussion. Cost is $10 for Chandler subscribers and $15 for nonsubscribers. Visit bit.ly/MasterYourMarket032615.
Vaco Memphis will hold a continuing professional education event for accountants and CPAs Tuesday, March 24, from 8 a.m. to noon at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road. Topics include revenue recognition, T&E fraud management and the results of the 18th annual CEO survey. Admission is $75 cash or check at the door. Visit facebook.com/vacocpeseries or call 901-333-2250.
The Tennessee Beta Unit of Parliamentarians will meet Monday, March 23, at 5:45 p.m. at the Poplar-White Station branch library, 5094 Poplar Ave. Anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of parliamentary law and "Robert's Rules of Order" is invited to attend. Call 901-324-5184.
Midtown Memphis Development Corp. will present the inaugural Mojo of Midtown Awards Wednesday, March 25, at 6 p.m. at Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. The awards honor individuals and organizations whose contributions benefit Midtown Memphis. Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Email Sam Goff at firstname.lastname@example.com or George Larrimore at email@example.com.
Get used to seeing more of the Ugly Mug brand in Memphis. An open house in recent days at the Memphis-based roaster's still relatively new brick-and-mortar location at Poplar Avenue and Perkins Extended was packed with customers and visitors sampling brews and some of the food items on the Ugly Mug menu.
The Association for Women Attorneys will host its 35th annual banquet and silent auction Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Cost is $60 for AWA members, $70 for nonmembers and $40 for law students. RSVP to Keating Lowery at firstname.lastname@example.com or 901-844-4438.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host Sharon Draper, author of "Stella by Starlight," for a discussion and signing Friday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the bookstore, 387 Perkins Road Extended. Visit thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.
National Black MBA Association, Memphis chapter will host its 2015 kickoff meeting, "Reaching Your Financial Goals: How Fit is Your Plan?" Thursday, Jan. 22, from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at International Paper headquarters, Tower 3, 6400 Poplar Ave. The guest speaker is Roland Cole, financial adviser with Duncan-Williams' Private Client Group. Visit nbmbaamemphis.org.
The Association for Women Attorneys will host its 35th annual banquet and silent auction Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Cost is $60 for AWA members, $70 for nonmembers and $40 for law students. RSVP to Keating Lowery at email@example.com or 901-844-4438 by Wednesday, Jan. 21.
National Civil Rights Museum will hold its annual King Day Celebration Monday, Jan. 19, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the museum, 450 Mulberry St. Live performances will be featured throughout the day on the outdoor Founders Park stage. Museum admission is $5; $3 with the donation of a canned or nonperishable item; or free with a donation of a pint of blood to Lifeblood. Visit civilrightsmuseum.org.
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. will meet Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 9 a.m. in the Downtown Memphis Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St. Visit downtownmemphiscommission.com.
Italian Winterfest, benefiting Ave Maria Home and the Catholic Education Scholarship Fund, will be held Sunday, Jan. 11, at 5 p.m. at The Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. The event will feature Italian cuisine and signature dishes from 15 Memphis restaurants, plus traditional Italian tableside music and a deejay. Tickets are $45. Visit avemariahome.org.
Whitehaven Kiwanis Club will meet for a Dutch treat luncheon Tuesday, Jan. 6, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Methodist South Hospital, 1300 Wesley Drive, meeting rooms A and B. The topic is "Improving Community and Police Relations." Email Calvin Burton at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 901-412-2757 for more information.
The 13th annual Porter-Leath Toy Truck will collect new, unwrapped toys and monetary donations Monday, Dec. 15, to Dec. 19 from 7 p.m. to 7 p.m. at WMC-TV Action News 5, 1960 Union Ave., and Bud Davis Cadillac, 5433 Poplar Ave. Donations from both locations will benefit children and families served by Porter-Leath. Visit porterleath.org.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host Perre Coleman Magness, author of "Pimento Cheese: The Cookbook" for a discussion and book signing Saturday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. at the bookstore, 387 Perkins Road Extended. Visit thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host Ally Condie, author of "Atlantia," for a discussion and book signing Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the bookstore, 387 Perkins Road Extended. Visit thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.
The South Main Art Trolley Tour will be held Friday, Oct. 31, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the South Main Historic Arts District. Email email@example.com.
Eclectic Eye will host Girls Night Out Thursday, Oct. 30, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at its Midtown boutique, 272 S. Cooper St. The event will feature The Henny Penny Mobile Boutique, a Gia Marina eyebrow specialist, discounted Eclectic Eye eyewear and complimentary treats and themed cocktails. Visit eclectic-eye.com.
Vatterott Career College will hold a car, bike and truck show open house Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6991 Appling Farms Parkway. Attendees can explore vehicles and learn about careers in powersports, diesel and more. Visit vatterott.edu.
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will hold a presentation and public hearing on the 2015-2025 Solid Waste and Materials Management Plan Monday, Oct. 27, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library meeting room A, 3030 Poplar Ave. Visit tn.gov/environment/solid-waste to review the draft plan.
Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will host a roundtable discussion on social media intelligence with Sherri Henley, founder and CEO of Business Over Coffee International, Thursday, Oct. 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at Cheffie's Cafe, 483 High Point Terrace. Cost in advance is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers; cost at the door is $20. Visit sms-midsouth.org.
Talk Shoppe will meet Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the YMCA corporate office, 6373 Quail Hollow Road, suite 201. Shelley Baur, corporate trainer/coach and author of "Integrity-Based Communications," will present "Conquer Fear, Speak With Confidence." Cost is free. Visit talkshoppe.biz or call Jo Garner at 482-0354.
Church Health Center and MIFA will hold a farmers market Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Church Health Center Wellness, 1115 Union Ave. Visit churchhealthcenter.org.
West Tennessee Home Builders Association presents the 2014 VESTA Home Show daily except Mondays through Oct. 26 at Shaw's Creek Reserve, on Raleigh Lagrange Road east of Tenn. 196 in Piperton. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for youths 7 to 14. Visit vestashow.com.
Indie Memphis and Memphis Pink Palace Museum will screen Talking Heads' 1984 concert film, "Stop Making Sense," Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in the CTI Theater at Pink Palace, 3050 Central Ave. Tickets are $8 for Indie Memphis and Pink Palace members and $10 for nonmembers. Visit indiememphis.com.
Memphis Botanic Garden will host a Food Truck Garden Party Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the garden, 750 Cherry Road. The event will include local food trucks, live music and a cash bar. Cost is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.
The Broad Avenue Arts District will host the Broad Avenue Night Market 2.0 Saturday, Oct. 11, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Water Tower Pavilion. The marketplace will feature artists, food, live music and activities for kids. Cost is free. Visit broadavearts.com.
The 42nd annual Pink Palace Crafts Fair will be held Friday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Oct. 12, at Audubon Park, 745 S. Perkins Road. The event will include handmade fine art and crafts, live entertainment, artist demonstrations and more. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Adult tickets are $9. Visit memphismuseums.org.
National Civil Rights Museum will present "Music and the Movement" Thursday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m. in Hooks-Hyde Hall, 450 Mulberry St. The evening will include a brief museum tour that shows how music influenced episodes of the civil rights movement over time, followed by a panel discussion and live music. Cost is free for members and $10 for nonmembers. Visit civilrightsmuseum.org.
American Marketing Association, Memphis Chapter will meet Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lipscomb & Pitts Building, 2670 Union Ave. Jeremy Park, president of the Lipscomb Pitts Breakfast Club, will present "Giving Back With a Purpose: The Shift in Corporate Engagement and Cause Marketing." Cost is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Visit memphisama.org.
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How to Get People to Understand You
Do you feel that people don't understand you and that you're the only person who feels the way you do about life? Here are some ways to get people to understand the real you. Get started at step one below.
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1Be real. It will be hard for anyone to know who you are if you're not acting yourself. Don't try so hard to be someone you're not and start letting the real you shine through. It's okay to treat different people in your life differently of course. Don't let anyone say you are two-faced because you told your best friend something you didn't tell an acquaintance. Virtually everybody behaves differently around different people in their lives. After all, you wouldn't tell your granny the same jokes you tell your mates! .
2Be open-minded to the fact that you are not alone. It might feel like people don't understand you but people often do and you will be really surprised. Visiting an online chat forum on a topic of interest, even to air grievances about your life, will show you that some people do think the way that you do.
3Keep things in perspective. Sometimes it is all too easy to feel that because you don't feel understood, that you must be "better" or "more special" than other people. While it is good to recognize and applaud your own talents and abilities, don't let this become a case of thinking that you are better than other people. We're all different in different ways and our strengths and weaknesses vary from person to person but that doesn't make any of us "better" than the other.
4Be honest about how you feel. If you don't tell people how you feel and express yourself clearly, it will be hard for people to understand what your true feelings and concerns are. Be more obvious and clear about this.
5Find a means of expressing yourself that works best for you. Perhaps talking about your feelings just doesn't work for you; possibly you feel pressured when others are around. The answer is not to feel misunderstood but to find other forms of expressing yourself. These might include:
- Writing a journal
- Writing a blog
- Writing poems
- Writing or playing music
- Performing a major feat, such as climbing a mountain, or performing a triathlon to prove that you can do something
- Making a movie or cartoon
6Understand that other people have it tough too. One of the most sticky traps we are apt to fall into is seeing the world from our own perspective and forgetting that everyone is fighting their own battle in some way or another; it is just that some people have better coping techniques or refuse to talk openly about the challenges they face. Don't expect people to want to listen to continuous complaining about being misunderstood because it becomes tiresome after a while, especially when this comes at the expense of not listening to them and their side of the story.
7Be assertive. It is important for you to learn to stand up for yourself so that you're not being a doormat. When you tell others how you feel, make it so that they know you mean it. Don't backtrack and don't be easily swayed.
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Just sat through the Jeff Berman of MySpace's keynote at the Kelsey Group's Marketplaces 2009 conference. There was a lot of talk about personalization and how huge the audience is, but I only heard lip service paid to local. Berman gave an example of how a roofer got a $30K deal via a $100 self-serve […]
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