"Too bad . That does n't automatically give you the excuse to support discredited beliefs . and it gives you no protection when others tell you to shut up and change your argument to address the facts . Abortion was never in the Constitution . However the Second Amendment and gun ownership is , was , and always has been . Roe v. Wade was judicial activism , Heller was just the courts doing their job after 30 long years of trying to avoid the subject . The two cases are n't comparable in the least . Stop using them ."
"In other words , you think a Supreme Court decision should only shut down the debate if it 's a decision you agree with . Roe v. Wade and Heller do share some striking similarities . For example , Scalia stated in Heller : `` Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill , or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings , or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. `` However , the text of the Constitution has as much to say about such restrictions as it does about abortion . I 've heard that Scalia has been criticized for making such a statement because there is no clear historical precedent dating back 200 years of banning felons from owning firearms . So neither the text of the Second Amendment nor tradition justifies such restrictions . It is an example of judicial lawmaking ."
"However the Second Amendment and gun ownership is , was , and always has been . Roe v. Wade was judicial activism , Heller was just the courts doing their job after 30 long years of trying to avoid the subject . The two cases are n't comparable in the least"
"In other words , you think a Supreme Court decision should only shut down the debate if it 's a decision you agree with . Roe v. Wade and Heller do share some striking similarities ."