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ME: Bill would lift ban on firearms in public housing
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Maine lawmakers will consider a bill that would lift the ban on owning firearms in public housing.
The issue came to light back in September when a tenant in a section 8 apartment in Rockland shot an intruder. Harvey Lembo's home had been broken into several times before he bought a gun to protect himself. he was then informed by the management company guns are banned and if he didn't get rid of it he'd have to leave.
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"All three bills passed easily, but not without questions about whether they improved the public safety and the definition of 'well-regulated militia'."
The "well-regulated militia" misconception needs to be addressed clearly, so that everyone understands it.
The right is enumerated for that reason, but that reason isn't a prerequisite for the right. The militia exists because of the right, the right doesn't exist because of the militia.
"The right there specified is that of 'bearing arms for a lawful purpose'. This is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence." - U.S. v. Cruikshank (1875) |
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