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To: JohnPierce
Under that standard, a statute passes constitutional muster if it is “substantially related to an important governmental objective.” Citing United States v. Williams, 616 F.3d 685 (7th Cir. 2010), the court held that public safety is an important governmental objective and denying firearms to convicted felons is substantially related to that objective.

Williams went so far as to state unequivocally that even an absolute ban on the possession of firearms by felons passes constitutional muster.

Says it all right there.

FMCDH's!

4 posted on 04/11/2012 2:33:11 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
“substantially related to an important governmental objective.”

That is chilling all by itself.

7 posted on 04/11/2012 2:40:03 PM PDT by 11Bush
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