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oralloy wrote:

snood wrote:

Who decides which guns the government has a "compelling interest" in restricting?

In theory, the Supreme Court. But in practice is it usually the NRA.

A special interest group decides which weapons the government has a compelling reason to regulate?

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No. He bequeathed it to the rest of us.

Then doesn't he have to pass over, check out, meet his maker, and he will have of stopped lying then, before that happens?

Why do you find blathem so threatening?

Are you just weak willed?

Why do you find blathem so threatening?

You don't have the say on what a compelling interest is.

State legislatues have decided there is a compelling interest in banning assault-style weapons.

The courts have let those laws stand. They have accepted the argument that there is a compelling interest in banning them.

Your opinion has no weight. Deservedly.

A majority want to ban assault style weapons.

A majority want to ban assault style weapons.

The Constitution overrules their desire to violate people's civil liberties for fun.

Three rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad: security sources

Three Katyusha rockets fell on Tuesday inside Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, Iraqi police sources told Reuters.

The three rockets were launched from Zafaraniyah district outside Baghdad, the sources said, adding that two rockets landed near the United States embassy

Sirens could be heard across the zone immediately after the rockets made impact.

The US has blamed Iran-backed paramilitary groups for a spate of similar attacks in recent months on the Green Zone, but there has never been a claim of responsibility.

Tensions in Iraq have risen since the US assassinated Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander, in Baghdad on January 3.

That killing came amid widespread anti-Iraq government demonstrations, which are continuing.

Five protesters were killed on Monday in three Iraqi cities as demonstrators across the country ramped up pressure on the government to implement long-awaited reforms.

The United Nations envoy to Iraq urged Iraqi political elites to resume pushing for reforms and for protests to remain peaceful.

"Any steps taken so far to address the people's concerns will remain hollow if they are not completed," said envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in a statement issued by the UN. "Violent suppression of peaceful protesters is intolerable and must be avoided at all costs."