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VT: Changes to Gun Bill Would Add 10-Round Magazine Limit, Ban on Semi-Automatic Assault Weapons
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A legislative committee is looking at changes to the state Senate-backed gun bill before it's voted on by the House. "I think all Vermonters deserve the freedom to be safe at their home, at their work, at their schools without the constant threat of gun violence hanging over their heads," said Rep. Jill Krowinski, D-Chittenden. Some members of the House Committee on Judiciary say the bill should-- among other things-- prohibit the sale of semi-automatic assault weapons, include a 10-day waiting period for background checks before transferring firearms, and outlaw new sales and ownership of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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Per U.S. v. Miller (1939), so-called "assault weapons" are within the ambit of Second Amendment protection, which provides that arms in common use that have militia utility or are any part of the ordinary military equipment and could contribute to the common defense are those the amendment was intended to guarantee. As a matter of fact, AR-15s and the like are textbook examples of this description.
Thus said the SCOTUS regarding the types of arms definitively within the ambit of Second Amendment protection. Militia weapons. SPECIFICALLY.
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