{"id":1893,"date":"2003-10-29T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2003-10-30T09:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/30\/are-you-on-the-blacklist\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:18:51","slug":"are-you-on-the-blacklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/29\/are-you-on-the-blacklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you on the blacklist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12973,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240626211013\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 04:27:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 16:57:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 16:57:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12974,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.com\\\/FactSheets.asp?FormMode=Detail&amp;ID=15&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12975,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nrablacklist.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nrablacklist.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12976,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.metafilter.com\\\/mefi\\\/29254&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060629220922\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.metafilter.com:80\\\/mefi\\\/29254&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.metafilter.com\\\/mefi\\\/29254&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 16:57:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 16:57:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5168,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hanscomfamily.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hanscomfamily.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12977,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.gunlawsuits.org\\\/defend\\\/second&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080518083820\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.gunlawsuits.org\\\/defend\\\/second\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 04:27:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 16:57:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 16:57:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nraila.com\/\" title=\"National Rifle Association\">NRA<\/a> has a 19-page &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nraila.com\/FactSheets.asp?FormMode=Detail&amp;ID=15\" title=\"Fact Sheet\">blacklist<\/a>&#8216; of groups, associations, companies and individuals known to support gun control legislation posted on their website. Feeling left out &#8217;cause you&#8217;re not on it? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrablacklist.com\/\" title=\"NRAblacklist.com\">Sign up to be added<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/29254\" title=\"Americans flock to get on NRA blacklist\">MeFi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hanscomfamily.com\/\" title=\"The Hanscom Family Weblog\">Dad<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Bonus link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunlawsuits.org\/defend\/second\/\" title=\"The Second Amendment\">The truth about the Second Amendment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  As a matter of law, the meaning of the Second Amendment has been settled since the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939). In that case, the High Court wrote that the &#8220;obvious purpose&#8221; of the Second Amendment was &#8220;to assure the continuation and render possible the effectiveness&#8221; of the state militia. The Court added that the Amendment &#8220;must be interpreted and applied with that end in view.&#8221; Since Miller, the Supreme Court has addressed the Second Amendment in two cases. In Burton v. Sills, 394 U.S. 812 (1969), the Court dismissed the appeal of a state court ruling upholding New Jersey&#8217;s strict gun control law, finding the appeal failed to present a &#8220;substantial federal question.&#8221; And in Lewis v. United States, 445 U.S. 55 (1980), the Court upheld the federal law banning felons from possessing guns. The Court found no &#8220;constitutionally protected liberties&#8221; infringed by the federal law.<\/p>\n<p>  In addition, in Maryland v. United States, 381 U.S. 41 (1965) and Perpich v. Department of Defense, 496 U.S. 334 (1990), cases not involving the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court has affirmed that today&#8217;s militia is the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>  Since Miller was decided, lower federal and state courts have addressed the meaning of the Second Amendment in more than thirty cases. In every case, the courts have decided that the Amendment guarantees a right to be armed only in connection with service in a &#8220;well regulated Militia.&#8221; The courts unanimously have rejected the NRA&#8217;s view that the Second Amendment is about the self-defense or sporting uses of guns. As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit wrote, the courts &#8220;have analyzed the Second Amendment purely in terms of protecting state militias, rather than individual rights.&#8221; United States v. Nelson, 859 F.2d 1318 (1988).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via [fold&#95;and&#95;mutilate])<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NRA has a 19-page &#8216;blacklist&#8217; of groups, associations, companies and individuals known to support gun control legislation posted on their website. Feeling left out &#8217;cause you&#8217;re not on it? 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