Posted on 11/28/2016 7:00:58 PM PST by marktwain
On 21 March of 2016, the Supreme Court issued a remarkable and, apparently to the Court, non-controversial decision. In the Caetano PER CURIAM decision (pdf), the Court held that:
The Court has held that the 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, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. 570, 582 (2008), and that this Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States, McDonald v.Chicago, 561 U. S. 742, 750 (2010).While the decision, which was unanimous, has far reaching implication beyond mere stun guns, stun gun bans have already started falling like dominoes.
A New Orleans man has taken aim at a city ordinance that forbids the possession and sale of stun guns, claiming the little-known ban violates his Second Amendment right to self-defense.The New Orleans ban ordinance includes a number of other banned weapons. From municode.com:
The legal challenge comes amid a mounting push to lift similar restrictions in the handful of jurisdictions around the country that outlaw Tasers and other electroshock weapons, including a case in New Jersey in which authorities recently acknowledged that state's ban "would likely not pass constitutional muster."
A lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in New Orleans asks a judge to declare the city ordinance unconstitutional, calling the law "arbitrary and irrational."
All of these instruments appear to be "bearable arms". Some, such as "sand clubs" might be "unusual", though it is hard to see how they are more dangerous than the common blackjack or sap, sold to law enforcement. It is hard to see how it would be more dangerous than a foot long nipple of 3/4 inch galvanized pipe, sold in most hardware stores and over the Internet for less than three dollars.It shall be unlawful for anyone knowingly to:
(1)
Sell, manufacture, purchase, possess or carry any blackjack, sandclub, metal knuckles, switchblade knife or spring knife, iron buckle, zip gun or stungun;
I’d like me a stun-gun...
Good.
Good, my wife has a monkey fist on her key ring. Figure a cop mihgt buy the story that is a a key fob to make it easy to find in the mess of her purse.
So with this being stated what prevents any and all going for removal of NFA and the like? Would not NFA be preventing the keeping of bearing arms?
Liberals want you completely helpless against their constituents.
The laws being challenged are total bans on ownership or possession.
The NFA allows for ownership or possession after a highly regulated and expensive process.
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