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I mean if a common sense law like that violates the state constitution, it does seems like the problem is in the constitution or how it's interpreted, not the law…
So, the first amendment gives you the right to free speech, and yet inciting a riot or other dangerous forms of speech are still not protected.
Arms does not mean guns. It just means weapons and/or armor. Dangerous things can and should be protected. Not all weapons need be for the public, as I’m pretty sure no one would be okay with any civilian having their own nuke stockpile. I don’t see why we can’t dial it back a bit more to try and reduce access to guns when we’ve continually seen how much destruction they can cause.
I've been saying this for a while here: the only way anyone can see gun control laws pass within a normal human lifetime is to have all minorities purchase and bear arms, and then go out and protest peacefully with said arms.
The only way you can have Republicans vote against their own interests is to appeal to their racism/sexism/genderism; this is what the Black Panthers did in California and how Republicans unanimously voted in favor of gun control. All gun control laws stem from racism, and this fact needs to be leveraged.
This is exactly why Ronald Reagan instituted gun laws in the in California. The Black Panthers started showing up to the state capitol with guns and there were no laws against it.
These days the cops would just show up and kill them all because they felt “threatened.”
The police aren't interested in a fair fight.
100% in agreement. Not just minorities… everyone that leans left too. I’d really like to see some funding go towards providing free firearms training courses for the trans community.
That seems to conflict with Miller though? A short barrel shotgun apparently wasn't standard military issue so it wasn't legal for possession?
New precedent trumps old precedent. It's why Brown v Board is the law of the land and Plessy v Ferguson isn't. There (to my knowledge) hasn't been a challenge to the NFA that's reached the Supreme Court since that Caetano case in 2016 and the court hasn't explicitly struck down the prior precedent of its legality, so it still stands based on the other points in the ruling. Even the current NFA-related cases against bump stock and pistol brace bans working through courts are based more on whether the ATF can consider them as NFA items rather than whether the NFA itself can be considered constitutional, so it's likely to stick around.
We can argue whether or not it's still relevant today/how it needs to be changed, but trying to claim that the second amendment doesn't very, very heavily imply firearms is disingenuous at best.
The Supreme Court has already allowed restrictions on automatic weapons pre-1986, and there is no ability for manufacturers to sell new automatic weapons to the general public post-1986. Quit bending over backwards to try to make bad (and/or) selective legal theories make sense. They don't and you're a shill. Guns are an issue, and if you think they aren't you can get fukt.
SCOTUS upheld the NFA of 1934 because the appellant in the case had to go into hiding to avoid being murdered, and no one representing his case even made it to court. The court literally only heard the arguments from the gov't. That's an incredibly shady way to get a law past SCOTUS review.
I saw you argue further down in this thread that the Supreme Court would not allow the restriction of entire "weapon classes". Well that doesn't stand up to scrutiny when they already disallowed the sale of any new automatic weapons to the general public post-1986.
I hate these little semantics arguments and word games. This isn't an issue in other developed countries for a reason. Allowing the kind of debate pervert logic you are employing only serves to muddy the waters and retards society from solving problems with clear, demonstrable solutions. Grow the fuck up, seriously.
I watch Forgotten Weapons every fucking day. I am intimately familiar with both the FOPA and FAWB. Both of which repeatedly and continuously stood up to constitutional challenges. The Supreme Court has repeatedly disallowed gun manufacturers from selling new "automatic weapons" (aka a class of bearable arms) to the general public. Additionally the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was repeatedly found to be constitutional, and the only reason new weapons that meet those classifications are sold today is because the FAWB had an automatic sunset clause. It could legally be reinstated by congress at any time.
While it is true that you can get an FFL and purchase a pre-1986 automatic weapon with a transferable tax stamp, the Supreme Court has BANNED the sale of all new automatic weapons. Therefore, your previous argument doesn't hold water. Take the L and move on.
Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA)
Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB)
Arms. Not guns.
We've decided it's not okay for someone to have a Patriot missile, nuclear landmine, warships, and many other arms.
But I thought it was a Right not a right*
No they don't, at the pro-gun communities insistance.
If you're gonna quote the right, then quote all of it, it's for the purpose of a militia.
Last I checked none of the UA citizens are in one because we have a very well organized military instead which was the immediate down fall of what were typically loosely organized groups.
We have well-regulated militias.
They're called the National fucking Guard.
Every Tom, Dick, and wife-beating Harry doesn't need to walk around with enough firepower to massacre a neighborhood.
The Constitution is a framework of government, not a goddamn suicide pact. Society and technology have changed since it was written, and we aren't worried about needing the family musket to form a citizen militia to repel the Brits invading from Canada. And even by the end of the Revolutionary War, the myth of farmer militias gave way to the reality of a professional army.
The national guard would be considered an army. It is not a permanent war economy army like our Army, Navy, Marines, but it is an army nonetheless. Permanent war armies are a relatively modern product.
Which is maybe a clue that amendment doesn't really make sense in the modern world.
But arguably, women are not subject to being called up due to not in the selective service. So take the guns away from females. /s
Huh, almost like things can and should change after it was written. So fuck the 2nd amendment and anyone that defends it.
It says state constitution.
And if the state voted against it, seems they should change the constitution.
Just like they should be doing with a bunch of amendments at the federal level to the US constitution.
Background checks for gun ownership absolutely is a common sense law. Sadly the state constitution is poorly written in this case, so that needs fixed before a measure like this can be approved.
No permit necessary for tanks and nukes then, right?
Nope! You can buy a tank online. Probably will set you back about as much as a new Ferrari for a restored Cold War example, but no permit required.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
That the second amendment yet everyone ignores the WELL REGLATED part every fucking time.
To me that reads that having back ground checks and etc fits perfectly into the second amendment.
But the Goddamm corrupt courts keep ignoring the entirety of the constitution.
Still needed to be regulated so they saw a need to make sure that they well trained etc. That didn't want just anyone to be armed. Today they don't care if you're crazy as shit and threatened to kill loads of school kids. The right wants no regulation at all.
I swear we will get this issue fixed soon as one of these nuts start targeting the alt right and GOP.
No court has ever interpreted any right granted by the constitution as absolutely as you believe. All rights have limits.
Jordan, people here don't care whether some bought and paid for judges allowed immoral interpretations of the 2nd amendment. They are arguing that those interpretations are wrong. You can quote legal scripture as much as you like. It doesn't change the fact that those decisions were wrong and continue to be wrong and our society is worse off because of it.
But guns cost money. That barrier needs to be removed.
You have describe the problem perfectly. 2A is an extremely blunt law with zero nuance. At least that's how it has been interpreted by the courts. And that's a clearly a huge problem. If the amendment allowed for common sense laws, that would be one thing, but we keep hearing over and over that 2A simply doesn't allow it. Well then 2A is the problem.
Exactly! But there is a LOT of wiggle room with "anyone who engages in insurrection can't hold public office" and "you have the freedom to not practice anyone else's religion!"
Nothing that's controversial can reasonably be called common sense.
No. Common sense is controversial because of the sheer volume of stupid people that refuse it. It isn't just gun control. It's everything.