Posted on 04/06/2018 7:13:35 PM PDT by Kaslin
Well, it was not a good day for the stock market and it wasn’t a good day for gun rights. A federal judge decided to uphold a law that already strengthened the state’s ban on so-called assault weapons. The judge went on the whole weapons of war tangent in his opinion (via Bloomberg)
Massachusetts’ beefed-up ban on assault weapons doesn’t violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution, a U.S. judge ruled, handing a victory to gun-control advocates seeking to pass such a law nationwide following a spate of deadly mass shootings.
"The AR-15 and its analogs, along with large capacity magazines, are simply not weapons within the original meaning of the individual constitutional rights to ‘bear arms,’" U.S. District Judge William Young wrote in a decision Thursday in Boston, dismissing a lawsuit over the state law.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey was sued by a gun-rights group in response to her July 2016 enforcement notice that broadened the definition of "copies or duplicates" of AR-15 and AK-47 models that are prohibited under the state’s 1998 assault-weapon bans.
“These are weapons of war that belong on the battlefield, and we were pleased today to see yet another court agree with that stance,” Kris Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement.
In Boulder, Colorado, the council is moving forward to ban AR-15s within the city limits. High capacity magazines and bump stocks will also be prohibited (via Fox31 Denver):
The Boulder City Council passed the first read of an ordinance that will ban the sale and possession of assault weapons in the city,.
The ordinance was passed unanimously after a five-hour hearing during which nearly 150 people spoke.
The proposed ordinance would also ban high-capacity magazines and bump stocks.
The city council will possibly vote on the measure two more times before it becomes law.
Councilwoman Jill Adler Grano said, “This is not a knee-jerk reaction.”
Folks, this is why when the Left says we want a new ban on so-called assault weapons (i.e. guns we think that look scary), don’t give in; they’ll take a mile. And while there have been multiple legal challenges on existing assault weapons bans, the Supreme Court refuses to hear arguments. I get it. We have a right to bear arms, every state to a certain degree recognizes carry rights, more states have adopted constitutional carry laws (no permit required), and Second Amendment proponents have scored big on the legal front in the past regarding the Heller and McDonald decisions. Yes, the late Justice Antonin Scalia said that no right is absolute and states are free to pass laws regulating how this right is exercised, but this is not simple gun control; it’s a ban. The magazine limits give the game away. You cannot own an AR-15 rifle, which will be added into the news coverage. What will be missed are the scores of handguns that carry more than ten rounds, which will also be banned.
In Illinois, Deerfield, a suburb of Chicago, banned residents from owning AR-15 rifles and high capacity magazines. They have until June to turn them over to the authorities, destroy them, or transfer them out of the village limits. Owners risk a $1,000/day fine for non-compliance. So, the Second Amendment is dead in this slice of America. They’re instituting a gun ban—and threatening law-abiding gun owners with quasi-eviction if they don’t bend to the will of the state. In Oregon, a church group is also collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would also force law-abiding gun owners to turn over, register, destroy, or transfer out of the state their firearms. This is why the anti-gun Left cannot be trusted. This is why the Supreme Court needs to weigh in. we’re past simple laws now; the local authorities in these deep-blue pockets of America are coming after the Second Amendment and the people who exercise that right. You can’t live here if you want to own a firearm. That’s grossly unconstitutional.
Probably....
Why don’t we organize a civilian militia? For one dollar everyone could join and get a card.
Why don’t we organize a civilian militia? For one dollar everyone could join and get a card.
The ‘weapons of war’ argument against the 2A is wrong.
Look up the armaments of the Lucy, an early privateer. She had more than a dozen cannon. She was ready to accept letters of marque, and conduct war on behalf of the US government. - all constitutionally approved-
US Dist Judge Young upheld the Mass gun ban Young says AR15 design is based on guns “that were first manufactured for military use”. That covers about 99.9% of all guns sold including pistols. How many rifles use the K98 action are the 1911 action
I don’t have to worry about it. I lost all mine in a boating accident.
It was tragic. Tragic I tell you.
When the government declares war on the people, they should not be surprised when the people fight back.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Privateers_in_the_War_of_1812
Btw - the letters approved action - making war. The possession of the armaments required no such approval.
Next, semi autos regardless of caliber, then pistols,flintlocks knives, cross bows, then bows and arrows. Finally on the list will be rocks and fists.
Nothing has been learned from king George.
Well then, that makes him a lying, stinking commie and he needs to hang from the nearest light post...
Judges are nothing more then lying, stinking lawyers in dresses...
And they will show a few “2nd Amendment lovers” turning in their weapons because “it’s the right thing to do” while the majority find ways to hide/keep their weapons - like when several places tried to do the “mandatory gun registration” deals with about 2% compliance...
If you find yourself fighting off the police at your doorstep, you are doing it wrong.
There is no need or benefit from making "heroic last stands". General Patton had some words about that.
And we might as well learn from our enemies too.
In prewar Germany, the Communists targeted police and government officials. The Nazis targeted journalists, academics, and prominent non-governmental opponents. The Communists lost that fight. The Nazis won. It should be easy to understand why that was so.
The Nazis were in turn beaten by their own hubris. Considering themselves invincible, they over-reached, over-extended their forces, and blinded themselves to their true circumstances.
We should not be making any of those mistakes.
LEO's at every level, Local, State, and Federal, have that same obligation.
To that small percentage who hold their Oath in such cheap contempt that they would readily violate it while violating the Constitutional Rights of those they swore to protect I have a message: Hold your family close, kiss them goodbye, and make Peace with your Maker for there are millions of Americans who hold that Oath dearer than do you. We haved lived by it, we will die by it, and we will surely kill to uphold it.
Yes, he was outstanding. I think that is going viral.
I agree. They are tyrannical bastards. But he gave them a good warning.
My attitude, exactly.
Boulder has been commie for quite some time now.
20 years ago, they passed an ordinance changing the term, “Pet owner,” to, “Animal guardian.”
At the same time, passing protections for bubonic plague ridden prairie dogs.
I try to avoid that area.
:)
Ef I'd my way I hed ruther
We should go to work an' part,—
They take one way, we take t'other,—
Guess it would n't break my heart;
Men hed ough' to put asunder
Them thet God has noways jined;
An' I should n't gretly wonder
Ef there 's thousands o' my mind.
The Biglow Papers
James Russell Lowell
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22680/22680-h/22680-h.htm
Yes.
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