well that's not how supreme saw it in the 2008 heller case. justice scalia wrote for a 5-4 majority. and said found that the second amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms unconnected to serve in a state militia. until the composition of the supreme court changes and the heller decision is overturned, nothing big can be done about guns. theore theoretically, we could repeal and replace the second amendment, but that requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of congress or for a convention called for by two-thirds of the state, and then it has to be ratified by two-thirds the state or conventions. that's not happening. the last time was 1992, it was the 27th amendment, having to do with whether congress could vote for its own pay hike. no the second amendment is here to say. without the supreme court to make the change, congress can only tinker at the margins. last june, president biden signed into law what was said to be the most significant gun control bill in three decades. it was bipartisan legislation that enhanced bac

suddenly, after heller there was a right to have a firearm in your home for self-protection.t term, the supreme court expanded that to public places. even this hyperconservative court with this expansive interpretation of the second amendment still says it's constitutional to place limits on the type of people who can possess firearms. it's illegal to have a gun if you have previously been con convicted of a felony. congress could expand the red flag laws and limitations on types of guns. it's illegal to own an automatic weapon. no reason president biden's proposed ban couldn't be passed if the political will existed. >> joyce, jeff, thank you for being with us on this holiday weekend. >>> it's black friday. let the shopping season begin, even as we deal with the rising cost of everything. we have tips how you can save next. >>> ukraine racing against the clock to keep lights and heat on as russian missile strikes target their power grid. slight improvements have been made. will it be enough? >>> the spectacular new lunar images we are seeing in a new way from nasa's orion sp

and if you remember, eric, jay heller was the name of that guy years earlier who had written in to this tiny town newspaper. it turns. he was an award winning physicist and chemist, harvard, who just happened to be resident of plymouth, massachusetts. i had no idea. so i knocked on the door, i check my email. i found out apparently the exam been canceled and i knock on the door and i introduced myself and he remembered instantly and i remembered him. and we chatted for a little while and he said. so you want to get an atmospheric sciences education? how do you plan to do that at harvard? i said, well, you know, when we had read about this thing called the special, essentially you design your own major from scratch. looks really tough, know it's a 40 page application, but the biggest thing is you have to find an viser and i mean. i don't know anyone here. he said, you just found an advisor. and so with that's this random connection years prior became the advisor to help me. start my own little department of one dispatcher. concentration in atmospheric sciences at harvard. and it all sort

of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, ruslan stefanchuk, spoke with the first vice-speaker of estonia, heller balder sejader, during a meeting in the capital. estonia supports the creation of an international tribunal to investigate the crimes of the russian federation. terrorist stefanchuk also thanked estonia for recognizing war crimes in russia against ukraine as genocide and recognizing russia as a sponsor country of terrorism, your support for the international tribunal and joining the lawsuit in the international stadium are big steps in support of the rule of justice, of course i want to thank you for your support, this is financial support, military support, humanitarian support, and this is support for sanctions against the russian federation. we are also very grateful for support for the recovery of ukraine already at the level of specific projects and a specific area, and believe me, this is such an example that we show everyone and tell because, as already repeatedly it was estonia there as a percentage of the largest gdp, weapons help us with weapons yes, and now we see that in t

ruslan stefanchuk of ukraine with the first vice-speaker of the e-e league of estonia, heller balder estonia supports the creation of an international tribunal to investigate the crimes of the russian federation. it supports the creation of a mechanism for compensation and confiscation of the assets of the terrorist country. stefanchuk also thanked estonia for recognizing war crimes in russia against ukraine as genocide. and the recognition of russia as a sponsor of terrorism, your support for the international tribunal and joining the lawsuit in the international stadium are big steps in support of the rule of justice, of course, i want to thank you for your support, this is financial support, this is military support , this is humanitarian support, and this is support

is it about individual rights coming out of the heller decision and then the mcdonald decision? or is this about the militia, which the courts had long held that this was really about a militia? but that argument, that binary argument is irrelevant. it is irrelevant because the foundation of the second amendment is the fear of blackness, the fear of black people, defining african-americans as criminal, as a threat, as dangerous, as violent, and that the white community has to be protected. and i went, wow. that is when things began to make sense in its own weird way. so as i walk through this book, i even take us into the 20th and 21st century and i'm seeing the ways we understand citizenship through gun rights. open carry. castle doctrine, able to defend your home against an invader. i just blanked. [laughter] but those kinds of doctrines that become foundational. stand your ground. those kinds of doctrines that become foundational, when they are applied to african-americans, they don't hold. and i went, wow. so i have examples of like to me or vice, who was in an open carry st

name for himself with his lab legacy attention hundred by the rockefeller institute and he gives heller's again a jewish man inan a more now jewih people and a lot of his scientists leave and walk us through the beginning of the war and otto warburg absolute will you have to hand it to the man, he was sure nobody would touch him and he was just too important and his basic persona was part of this and he was harassed and so tell us that. >> yes, but to me in a way that is the most extraordinary part of the story that in 1933, comes around in otto warburg is won the nobel prize in 1931, he's really at the top of the scientific world and germany isc the leading scientific nation and he is at the top of german science the as everything he icould want is beautiful institute as we talk about any lives with his partner in a beautiful home a block away and hitler comes a power and then suddenly, everything is in jeopardy. many of his colleagues, they leave right away and otto warburg thinks about it and he has the opportunity certainly to leave in the early 1933 when he decides to say and many di

as the supreme court stated in heller, the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table. including those that would diminish the second amendment rights of law-abiding americans, such as banning common and popular guns. to close, i'm appearing before you on a voluntary basis because i believe strongly in our constitutional form of government and the role of congress and addressing the nation's problems. i have respect for congress. i hope you will afford me the same respect as both a citizen and a manufacturer of a lawful product built for responsible citizens. thank you. chairwoman maloney: and, thank you. mr. killoy, you are now recognized for your testimony. christopher: chairwoman maloney, ranking member comer, and distinguished members of the committee, good morning. my name is chris killoy, and i am fortunate and proud to be the ceo and president of sturm, ruger & company, inc., more simply known as ruger. at its core, ruger, like all companies, is simply a collection of people. we are fathers, mothers, grandparents, friends and neighbo

that was the heller decision 2008 and this term in june, the supreme court and the bruin case said thato an individual constitutional right. to have a weapon outside the home as well. and so the restrictions on new york there was a law that had been put in place in new york 109 years ago . uh that had some of the same restrictions on carrying that california and a number of other states had was was deemed to be unconstitutional. under this expanded second amendment decision of the supreme court in june and we certainly see throughout the country sort of a patchwork of different gun regulations not just through states but also with individual municipal jurisdictions. um, what is your expectation in terms of what we might see in terms of a cascade of permit applications and people trying to exercise new rights under this law? under this ruling. yeah well, there there certainly is a reason for concern. you know for almost 100 years. almost uh, texas had had a complete ban on carrying guns outside the home and they got rid of it in 1995. and if you compare what happened in new york, texas a

they invest ravi went to heller and spoke to players who said they hope sunday iraq can also host the tournament. ah, me, in the heart of rural iraq, he is an untapped resource. there is something very special about this backyard game of past. the women playing or nationally ranked after who the was on the women's indoor football squad that brought home the 2022 west asia cup. her sister beneath the place for one of the richest clubs in the country proof they say they are just as capable as men the high out let on in the zillow on allowed to me. sports means life. i've been playing football since i was a child. i'm able to play by outdoor and indoor football, but it's difficult because there are not enough outdoor facilities for women in iraq. there is no support from the government with proper training. i'm sure all of us women will be able to play indoor and outdoor football. but i think stay the same, then no one will achieve anything. players and coaches say female athletes don't get the same financial or moral support, but their skills are not to be underestimated. kelly at all.

supreme court first in the heller decision and then the mcdonagh decision undermine those safety laws and use all guns flooding in to those communities again so this is why after you faulty, while you have governor abbott talking about whatt about chicago, because that becomes the kind of trope of black violence that gets deployed consistently. >> text message from kelvin in baltimore.er good afternoon, doctor anderson. how does the evangelical right play a part in fueling society presumably and its influence in the supreme court and the federalist society? >> the role of white evangelical christianity is powerful. it became a force in the 70s and took hold in the 80s and has not let go. there's a wonderful book called the longth southern strategy tht looks at the three pillars of this strategy. one of those is racism. another pillar is patriarchy and the other is white evangelical christianity. and the role that it plays in the domination of the republican party and its shaping of those policies so we are seeing this in the recent decision where you have where maine was only funding

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jeffrey heller, the city and county of san francisco oh, and and your band of architects a great thing a great thing. >> to impart to the history of this building is remarkable. to see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you start talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers across their face. with children, and i do mainly all of the children's tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you can start talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of san francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor. >> at times, my clothes make me feel powerful. powerful in a different sense. i am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have to have something that would draw your eye to me. usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look. i have had people s

supreme court first in the heller decision and then andy mcdonald decision undermine those safety laws, and you saw guns flooding in to those communities again. so this is why after uvalde your governor abbott talking about yeah, but what about chicago? because that becomes the kind of trope of black violence that gets deployed consistently by republicans from a a text mese from kelvin in baltimore. good afternoon, dr. anderson. how does the evangelical right play a part in fueling our divide in our society? presumably, presently, and its influence in the scotus, the supreme court, i.e., the federalism society? >> guest: the role of white evangelical christianity is powerful. it really became a force, i want to say, in the '70s and really took hold in the '80s, and has not let go. there is a wonderful book called the long southern strategy by todd shields and angie maxwell that looks at the three pillars of the long southern strategy. one of those is racism. another pillar is patriarchy, and the other pillar is white evangelical christianity. and the role that it plays in the republica

supreme court both diversity heller decision and then the mcdonaldis decision undermine the safety lawsand you suck flooding into those communities again. you have governor abbott talking about what about chicago? because that becomes the kind of trope of black violence that gets deployed consistently by republicans. >> host: text message from calvin in baltimore. good afternoon dr. anderson. how does the evangelical right play a part in fueling our divide in our society. presently and its influence in the scotus of the supreme court, i.e. the federalist society. >> guest: the role of white evangelical christianity is powerful. it really became a force i want to say it in the 70s and really took hold in the 80s and has not let go. there is a wonderful book called lease alongil the southern strategy by todd shields and angie maxwell that looks at the three pillars of the long southern strategy. one of those is racism. another pillar is patriarchy. on the other is white evangelical christianity. on the role it plays in the domination is shaping those policies. we see this in the recent sc

supreme court first in the heller decision and then withn,n the mcdonald decision, undermine the safety laws and you saw guns plugging into those communities again. this is why after uvalde while you have governor a vet talking about yeah but what about chicago because that becomes a kind of trope of black violence that is deployed consistently by republicans. >> host: text message from kelvin in baltimore. good afternoon dr. anderson. how does the evangelical right play a part in fueling our divide in our society presumably and its influence in the supreme court i.e. the federalist society? >> guest: the role of white evangelical christianity is powerful. it really became a force i want to say in the 70s and really to coldnd in the 80s and has not let go. there's a wonderful book called the longlled southern strategy y todd shields and angie maxwell thatll looks at the three pillas of the strategy. one of those is racism. another pillar is patriarchy and the other pillar is white evangelical christianity and the role that it plays in the republic and the domination of the the republica

engage in insurrection, they should stop saying that, and justice scalia was extremely clear in the heller decision that the second amendment does not give an unlimited right to carry whatever guns you want wherever you want, i yield back to you, madam chair. >> the gentleman's overtime,, now recognize the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair, we believe the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, period, particularly arms as the united states supreme court has set, particularly arms that are in common use, miss we okafor, are handguns in common use? >> they are, congressman. >> how about ar-15s, are they uncommon years? billions of people have them? >> our firearms used in self-defense? >> yes, 1.6 million every year. >> unfortunately, it is probably more common in light of the democrats ridiculous policies to defund the police, not prosecuting criminals when they do crimes, letting people who attack a united states congressman running for governor let him out on bail in the state of new york, that leads to the idea th