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BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules AR-15s Are “Dangerous and Unusual,” Not Protected by 2nd Amendment
Guns Save Lives ^ | August 12, 2014 | Dan Cannon

Posted on 08/12/2014 3:39:23 PM PDT by bamahead

In what looks to be a terrible ruling for Maryland gun owners a federal judge has essentially ruled that guns that were regulated by the state of Maryland last year, including AR-15 and AK style rifles (as well as other magazine fed, semi-auto rifles with certain features), “fall outside Second Amendment protection as dangerous and unusual arms,” according to a 47 page opinion by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake.

The case in question is Kolbe et al v. O’Malley et al which named numerous plaintiffs including the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association, Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), among others which challenged the constitutionality of Maryland’s strict new gun laws.

Here are some of Blake’s other comments [emphasis mine],

Upon review of all the parties’ evidence, the court seriously doubts that the banned assault long guns are commonly possessed for lawful purposes, particularly self-defense in the home, which is at the core of the Second Amendment right, and is inclined to find the weapons fall outside Second Amendment protection as dangerous and unusual.

First, the court is not persuaded that assault weapons are commonly possessed based on the absolute number of those weapons owned by the public. Even accepting that there are 8.2 million assault weapons in the civilian gun stock, as the plaintiffs claim, assault weapons represent no more than 3% of the current civilian gun stock, and ownership of those weapons is highly concentrated in less than 1% of the U.S. population.

The court is also not persuaded by the plaintiffs’ claims that assault weapons are used infrequently in mass shootings and murders of law enforcement officers. The available statistics indicate that assault weapons are used disproportionately to their ownership in the general public and, furthermore, cause more injuries and more fatalities when they are used.

As for their claims that assault weapons are well-suited for self-defense, the plaintiffs proffer no evidence beyond their desire to possess assault weapons for self-defense in the home that they are in fact commonly used, or possessed, for that purpose.

Finally, despite the plaintiffs’ claims that they would like to use assault weapons for defensive purposes, assault weapons are military-style weapons designed for offensive use, and are equally, or possibly even more effective, in functioning and killing capacity as their fully automatic versions.

Blake further points out that so called “assault weapons” are “disproportionately represented in mass shootings”. Blake’s comments are misguided at best and it would seem difficult to weigh her opinion against the Supreme Court’s Heller decision.

Blake is a Bill Clinton appointed judge.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guns; secondamendment
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To: Fai Mao

Muskets ... and single-page printing presses.


61 posted on 08/12/2014 4:05:40 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Lumper20

Obama’s Postal Service is loaded with “assault rifles”.


62 posted on 08/12/2014 4:06:20 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: bamahead

Lots of S is dangerous and unusual.

Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsBB93IqJkE&feature=player_detailpage#t=9


63 posted on 08/12/2014 4:07:14 PM PDT by Justa
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To: bamahead
the court seriously doubts that the banned assault long guns are commonly possessed for lawful purposes, particularly self-defense in the home, which is at the core of the Second Amendment right

"A well regulated Militia,being necessary to the security of a free state...."

This woman obviously has no idea about the history of the 2nd.

64 posted on 08/12/2014 4:07:17 PM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: driftdiver

looking at the Panther myself 308.


65 posted on 08/12/2014 4:07:48 PM PDT by wyowolf
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To: bamahead

Just for caution’s sake, everybody might just see their way to get hold of a lever action rifle, as a possible backup.

This judge needs to have every person effected by his judgment, on that guy’s front lawn.


66 posted on 08/12/2014 4:08:40 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Timocrat

obviously has never read the 2nd amendment


67 posted on 08/12/2014 4:09:20 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Dangerous and unusual is impossible as the AR 15 can be fired by and has to be by everyone who is in the military. The AR 15 cannot be unusual if almost everyone who ever served since about 1966 has fired them.


68 posted on 08/12/2014 4:09:27 PM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: bamahead

Cracked and no basis in fact.

Pure emotional conjecture.


69 posted on 08/12/2014 4:10:30 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: yorkiemom; null and void; laplata; Gluteus Maximus; Salvavida; Foundahardheadedwoman; baddog 219; ..

CWII Spark — Oh, I have an idea, let’s declare one of the most popular models of rifle “Dangerous and Unusual” and thereby exclude it from 2nd Amendment protection!


70 posted on 08/12/2014 4:13:48 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: bamahead
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71 posted on 08/12/2014 4:14:20 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Lurker
I am a sovereign citizen and I no longer accept the opinion(s) of this "judge" on matters regarding my liberty. She is incapable of discerning what the core of the 2nd amendment is.

Obviously protection for the citizenry from idiots such as herself is beyond her ability to comprehend.

72 posted on 08/12/2014 4:14:33 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: bamahead

They’re going to lose the ‘dangerous and unusual’ argument. It won’t hold up.


73 posted on 08/12/2014 4:15:07 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: bamahead
On my daughters second trip to the firing range she fell in love with the AR-15 and as a Maryland resident, she's going to be pissed.

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74 posted on 08/12/2014 4:15:30 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: bamahead

Cathy is way off-base here.


75 posted on 08/12/2014 4:16:08 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: bamahead; harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; blackie; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; ...
So to cut through the legalese BS and summarize, this black-robed demagogue simply doesn't like military-pattern rifles, so her highness deems they are not protected by our nation's supreme law.

Just the sort of divine wisdom we've come to expect from the government of Maryland.

The lines of division between free and collectivist states condition to widen.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

76 posted on 08/12/2014 4:16:25 PM PDT by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: Born to Conserve

The whole point of the 2nd Amendment is arming... the people.


77 posted on 08/12/2014 4:16:28 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: bamahead

If you like your right to bear arms, you can keep your right to bear arms.

B H Obama

78 posted on 08/12/2014 4:16:38 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: GeronL
Every good law-abiding (real law) should own one. Wish I did.

I have several other guns.

79 posted on 08/12/2014 4:16:57 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: bamahead
Go right ahead and ban em.

Enjoy trying to take them, or arrest the millions of owners.

Hugs and kisses,

Laz

80 posted on 08/12/2014 4:17:40 PM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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