Judge Janet Bond Arterton
Posted on 08/26/2023 4:58:47 AM PDT by marktwain
On August 3, 2023, Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut ruled on whether the recent Connecticut law banning the possession of common semi-automatic rifles and pistols under the appellation of “assault weapons” and of standard capacity magazines which hold more than ten rounds.
Judge Arterton ruled the law is not prohibited by the Second Amendment. She does not see it as an infringement because, she claims, “assault weapons” and magazines over ten rounds are not arms protected by the Second Amendment. Magazines that hold more than ten rounds are referred to as large capacity magazines or “LCM”s by the court. From NAGR v. Lamont:
For the reasons discussed below, the Court denies Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction because they have failed to meet their burden to demonstrate a likelihood of success on their claim that the challenged statutes unconstitutionally burden their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Plaintiffs’ proposed ownership of assault weapons and LCMs is not protected by the Second Amendment because they have not demonstrated that the specific assault weapons and LCMs in the Challenged Statutes are commonly sought out, purchased, and used for self-defense. Although this failure alone would have been fatal to Plaintiffs’ claim, Defendants have submitted persuasive evidence that assault weapons and LCMs are more often sought out for their militaristic characteristics than for self-defense, that these characteristics make the weapons disproportionately dangerous to the public based on their increased capacity for lethality, and that assault weapons and LCMs are more often used in crimes and mass shootings than in self-defense.
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In summary, another communist person in a black robe just made something up and infringed on the 2nd amendment
The should get squished on appeal.
Another moron that should be removed from her perch.
She skipped over the “shall not be infringed” part of the 2A.
Her reasoning is incoherent. Hope the case is appealed.
Judge Janet Bond Arterton
The should get squished on appeal.
Yup this is not how the constitution works. This judge should be removed from the bench.
Does the 2nd amendment say that certain things can be banned? If not... then the gov.has no such power.
If it doesn't say they can ... they can't.
Any judge that use's the “it doesn’t say I can't “ line is an enemy of the people
It looks like she has been practicing that Resting _itch Face her entire life.
Don’t worry. This will get reversed in 50 years if the country still exists at that time.
Heller stated that any weapon in common use, and both semiautomatic weapons and so-called LCMs are in common use, are protected under the Second Amendment, and Bruen was very clear in stating that any Second Amendment behavior is presumptively protected unless history and tradition shows otherwise.
Past her prime. Time to retire.
There are a few noble exceptions, but as a rule, there's your problem.
There are lotsa crazy-ass judges who care nothing for the law and everything for their own little opinion--but statistically, a disproportionate number aren't male.
I see things a bit differently. This is not her "own little opinion". It is towing the cultural-Marxist, Leftist, Progressive, line. Everything for the state. Nothing outside the state.
I noticed she conveniently inserts the "assault weapon" term without really defining what characteristics constitute one. It's really just a euphemism for "things I don't like".
Her “logic” is idiotic. It won’t stand.
Looks like she belongs to the same tribe as Elizabeth Warren.
Love your screen name.
I used to read those comics in the 80s.
This judge thinks we’re all stupid.
There are at least three Justices on the Supreme Court who agree with her.
Justices Kagan, Sotomeyer, and Jackson.
All are reliable, doctrinaire leftists, who put leftist doctrine ahead of the Constitution and the rule of law.
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