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I really doubt that Gilbert Arenas would be anywhere near a good test case for the "bear" part of the 2A - or any other part; seeing as at some point he was either (1) MENACING SOMEONE with a gun or (2) playing "Quickdraw McGraw" and goofing with a very real always-assume-it-is-loaded firearm, or so various accounts go.
Defrending Arenas on 2A grounds would make the firearms community look as if we approved of such shenannigans, and doubtless there are Bradyites who are drooling in anticipation of us doing just that.
The much better case would be an armed Virginian who stops for gas, say, and is attacked under circumstances that would in Virginia justify use of lethal force.
Although Arenas may benefit from some future court decision, his case will definitely not be the catalyst. He knew he was in D.C. and still fooled around. If those weapons had stayed in their locked box we wouldn't even be talking about this, but no, he had to take them out and act like a 6-year-old with a cap pistol. So let him take his lumps. Adios, Gil.....:banghead:
