Posted on 08/15/2019 4:02:27 AM PDT by marktwain
Senator Chuck Schumer (D) New York, has proposed radical new infringements on the Second Amendment. Schumer proposed that body armor be prohibited to citizens, and that body armor sales be metered out by the FBI.
None of his proposals were in the form of a bill or written proposals. The proposal is blatantly unconstitutional on its face. Body armor is legal to purchase in all 50 states and is in common use. It is clearly a portable arm, even though its use is primarily defensive in nature. From the nypost.com:
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday proposed new legislation to require the FBI to sign off on body armor sales to civilians.
The announcement comes one week after mass killer Connor Betts — clad in body armor — opened fire in a trendy Dayton, Ohio, neighborhood and killed nine people before he was gunned down by police.
The standard is clear from the Heller decision, clarified in a unanimous decision in Caetano.
Bearable arms are protected by the Second Amendment. They are not unusual if they are in common use. Arms may be regulated to keep them from being used to terrify the population if they are both dangerous and unusual. Arms that are in common use are not unusual, as per the Supreme Court. From Caetano:
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,”
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Do he wants people completely vulnerable?
They are not even trying to hide their agenda anymore.
That’s ridiculous...
“Do he wants people completely vulnerable?”
Of course he does. That’s the entire point. Only the King’s Guards rate personal armor of any kind. You plebes are expendable.
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Sigh...I guess there’ll be a run on body armor now, driving prices up. Sorry kids. Just when you thought your inheritance was safe...I’m going to the gun store again.
This is really gonna tick off those up and coming manufacturers of body-armored bookbags that just started their new line of “protective” bookbags for the school chilluns...
We’re gonna need a picture of Schumer as “#1 Body Armor Salesman in the USA” like we had with Obama as the “#1 Gun Salesman”.
Something to consider. Just about any firearm can be put in a box for decades and still function flawlessly when removed. Kevlar has an expiration date. Most consider about 5 years IIRC. Less if exposed to the elements.
Knee jerk legislation always infringes on our liberty. Throw the anti Second Amendment politicians out before they eliminate it altogether.
Just an arbitrary number picked by the Justice Department.
Manufacturers don't fight it because it does wonders in keeping sales numbers high.
I don't know of any objective tests showing degradation over time.
I have an old vest somewhere.. Over 20 years old.
Maybe I should break it out and do some tests...
Another alternative is the style that uses ballistic plates.
I like Dean’s articles but I think he concedes too much by calling body armor “arms”. Body armor is simply a type of protective clothing. Do we consider football pads “arms”?
Only in Chicago, Chuckie.
Guess I better go order a couple suits so I can ignore any future ban, like I did with bump stocks last year. These politicians are bankrupting me by telling me I can’t own things....
If a woman wants to buy protective armor because she is afraid of threats to kill her made by her transgender erstwhile live-in, why should she be denied the protection?
Even though Rosa Parks was a civilian, why should she have been denied the right to buy the protective device when so many dangerous bullies were out to get her?
Just exactly what is Schumer up to?
Will he be banning bullet proof backpacks for the kids in school?
Think about the children Chuck.
All those little backpacks.
Every weapon owned by our government is protected. If we want fully automatic weapons, like NOAA has, we should be able to.
The bumpstock ban was a dem dream. Now the door is off.
Red flag rules being supported right here on FR.
There is no satisfying the blood thirst. Feeding the monster only makes it hungrier.unreal fo gun control to be unleashed during a Republican pres.
Of course i didn’t think record nunbers of border crossers would happen either.
That is left to the states
If Betts was clad in body armor, where’d they get him?
Probably head, arms, and legs.
Watching “Sons of Liberty” on Hulu now. As far as I can tell, it’s an historical accurate portray.
The Colonists were very adept at circumventing the British Intolerable Acts and General Thomas Gage’s tyranny. If body armor is “outlawed”, people will find a way around the prohibition. Just as they did in Colonial times or Prohibition
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