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Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(8/17/2019)
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Lots of semiautos are used for hunting and self defense.
It's incredible such uninformed drivel can be published. The author is living in a fairyland next door to the twilight zone. |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(8/17/2019)
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Well, *ahek*, Mr. Martin's got a couple'a problems there.
The (U.S. v. Miller, 1939) Court set the criteria for what arms are "protected" - in common use, have militia utility, could contribute to the common defense or are "any part of the ordinary military equipment."
AR-15s are textbook examples of this description.
"[T]he Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding. . . [T]he enenshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table." - D.C. v. Heller (2008)
And don't give me that 1994 ****. D.C. v. Heller wasn't decided until 2008.
Today's SCOTUS would strike it down in a heartbeat. |
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