Judge rules federal interstate handgun transfer ban unconstitutional

Yahoo News ^ | 2/12/2015 | Reuters

[muffaletaman]

(Reuters) - A U.S. ban on the interstate sales of handguns by federal firearms dealers to buyers from other states violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday.

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor stemmed from a challenge to the ban brought by a Texas firearms dealer and a couple from the District of Columbia in July 2014.

[muffaletaman]

The article still needs clarification on the implications and explicit results of the judges' ruling.

[going hot]

Nobody changes from a point of relative comfort.

[kingu]

Pretty sure the judgment is clear. Private party sales across state lines doesn't require a FFL receiver and buyer background check to be legal, as under current law. Private party sales between individuals is legal no matter the originating state and the destination state, so long as no other law is blocking the sale (such as 7 round capacity limits, sexy gun bans, etc.)

The federal government failed to demonstrate that these background checks contribute anything useful to interstate commerce and was found to be an onerous burden on interstate buyers.

Nothing to forbid state registries, overturn ammo capacity bans, sexy rifle bans, etc. All this affects is interstate requirements that seller to buyer transactions go through a FFL seller, and fees paid for background checks.

The unique part of the judgment is that the jurist didn't limit this to firearms, but included all weapons.

[muffaletaman]

Hmm, relative comfort as a local minimum is perhaps appealing, but what if you begin to suspect that the grass is indeed greener on the other side of the surrounding hills?

And what about diet and exercise? That is certainly an apt question vis-a-vis relative comfort.

Or is it?

:-)

[OneWingedShark]

Good news!

[backwoods-engineer]

Until this reaches the Supreme Court, and is ruled unconstitutional by at least 5, this ruling means nothing for the rest of us. The higher courts are “Progressive” and mostly despise rulings that increase 2A freedom, as does the Supreme Court.

[Caipirabob]

Another totalitarian tyranny crumbles under scrutiny.

[Reno89519]

Was reading about this last night. Media’s take is this will be stayed and never stand. Probably take the same path as the DC ruling last year—brief notice, disappears, and no change. Now, if the Supreme Court would pick up and affirm both, that would be game changing.

[ViLaLuz]

What is considered a “sexy rifle”? I tried to look that one up but the results returned were to naughty to click.

[houeto]

I Binged it and got lots of sexy but safe images. To wit:

[houeto]

And:

[houeto]

Just one more:

[houeto]

Gotta admit though, only the rifle in the third pic would be considered as ‘sexy’ by many people.