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Let Freedom Ring,
WYOMING Supreme Court, right? not SCOTUS?
This should be interesting.
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Well, through out history there have been a lot of people shot with them.
Some quibble about legal definition? Seems like if it is a weapon and works by fire it is a firearm.
This opens the door for background checks to purchase muzzleloaders.
Y'know, I'm just as Pro 2A as anyone, but I've always wondered about this.
It would avoid a lot of hassle if they'd simply amend the law concerning felons and not the laws about firearms. I think many states simply prohibit felons from possessing deadly weapons. Period. That would do it. Next case.
This weapon has killed more people in the United States than any other single weapon:
Oh... never mind. Suffice it to say that the GCA of '68 and a lot of other unConstitutional legislation leaves open "legal" doors that should never have been unlocked.
If someone is that dang dangerous to "society", then just friggin' keep 'em locked up or EXECUTE them. Once the debt is paid, let 'em get on with life.
is there a distinction between muzzle and breech loading black powder rifles? for example, the 45-70 gets best performance from black powder.
If they have served thier time, these rights should be restored. If they haven't served thier time, why are they out?
No free man shall be debarred the use of arms.
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I wonder if you will no longer be able to mail order blackpower weapons without going through and FFL?
It is a myth that the law regulating ( planned evolution toward prohibition) firearms purchases prohibits felons from having firearms. At best , it just makes it more expensive for them to get a firearm.
Meanwhile the rest of us will have to use archery as a defense tool.
I am working on my spear technique as we speak, and have started accumulating swords.
My preference would be to forbid them any modern firearms ever, except in the rarest and most worthy cases. Muzzle loaders ought to be permitted after they have served their time and then successfully completed a period of five to seven years without any further run-ins with the law.
This would be fair to minor felons in rural states, most of whom would find it an incentive to stay on the straight and narrow. The gang-bangers would never bother with muzzle loaders, and would be treated even more harshly when they are inevitably convicted for felon-in-posession the next time.
-ccm
One nice thing about muzzleloaders being exempt from federal law is that hobbyists can (and do) make their own from scratch. Muzzleloading cannons fit into the same classification and I've built three (my favorite was turned from 1-5/8" ID x 3-1/4" OD steel machine tubing and it's gotten regular Independence Day usage - with a tomato paste can of black powder). My biggest bore is a mortar that will shoot a 12" long x 9" diameter log to good effect.
Well, THAT headline scared me real good.....