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While I am often not very happy witht he GOP leaning SCOTUS on this one I really am glad to have a right-leaning supreme court.
Lets hope they do the right thing and knock down these and similar state-laws as unconstitutional and in violation of the #2A
@freemo Make a case for this being unconstitutional.
@jaysonmassey I'd say the wording of the second amendment makes it very clear. It is pretty clear about the right to bear arms "shall not be infringed".. its also very clear (and stated in countless direct quotes from the authors) that the "well regulated militia" is a exemplary clause and not a qualifying clause.
So, as far as i can tell, the current wording and history is so clear there isnt much need to make a case, or at least, there shouldnt be much need.
@freemo @jaysonmassey "the right to BEAR arms". The law doesn't seem to stop that. Though no civilised country should have that as part of its constitution anyway
The drfinition of infringe is "To act so as to limit".
If you are placing limits on my right to bear arms, by a law that exludes guns, then by definition you are infringing. So outside of limitations placed elsewhere in the constitution itself tpany state law to limit what guns one can bear is unconstitutional
@freemo @jaysonmassey Any court that regards the 2nd amendment as giving an unrestricted right to bear arms in any circumstances is clearly incompetent in that it is incapable of understanding the amendment. Any country that regards the right to bear arms outside of specific circumstances cannot call itself civilized. Any country that regards that right above the right to life is barbaric. Anybody who claims to be pro-life in regard to abortion yet supports the right to bear arms is a hypocrite.
Yea thats not what anyone is saying... the right can be restricted by the wording ofnother parts of tbe constitution and from that some very broad restrictions apply.
What is being said is simple, fix the amendment dont make up unconstitutional laws. There is a process, use it.
Everything else you sais is rhetoric
@freemo @KeithC
Well then, why stop at guns? Why can't we have nuclear weapons? Mustard gas? Plastic explosives? Those are weapons.
The arguments break down. I would do some more reading on it. I put a couple of articles there. Just read them, I don't expect you to agree with them.
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/3837733-forgotten-words-a-well-regulated-militia/