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Biden Is Cracking Down On Guns Again With AR-15 Pistol Ban, And He’s Using Heller To Do It
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However, were the Supreme Court to take one or more cases challenging statewide “assault weapon” bans, it could jettison Heller’s “common use” standard on the grounds that it has no basis in the Second Amendment’s legislative history, is at odds with the amendment’s goal, and is based upon a mischaracterization of Miller and the antecedent to modern brandishing laws. It could also find that SBRs, commonly used for military purposes since at least the Vietnam War, are “ordinary military equipment” the use of which “could contribute to the common defense,” per Miller. Whether the present court has the courage to do so, only time will tell. |
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PHORTO
(6/19/2021)
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Hits all the right bullet points (pun!).
It'll be interesting to see what shakes out. |
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