Posted on 02/22/2017 10:48:09 AM PST by Jagermonster
A federal appeals court upheld Maryland's ban on assault rifles, concluding that the powerful military-style guns outlawed by the measure are not entitled to protection under the Second Amendment.
The 10-4 ruling, issued by the entire Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, reverses a decision by a smaller panel of judges from the court last year that called the law's constitutionality into question.
The bill was steered through the Maryland Senate in 2013 by then-Sen. Brian E. Frosh in the wake of the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Since elected as the state's attorney general, he has defended the law in court.
Frosh, a Democrat, called the dual role gratifying and said he was very happy with the ruling.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
The swamp just keeps getting deeper and smellier.
They’re right. The 2nd amendment did have the “assault weapon” clause.
Dolts.
It's the only kind of guns they were thinking of when they wrote the amendment.
Jefferson thought Americans should do battle against the musket armed British with what, longbows?
Will be going to SCOTUS.
Technically the 2nd Amendment was intended only to protect military style weapons - for the Militia (which is everyone...).
This should make it to the SCOTUS and be overthrown with Justice Gorsuch’s help.
Just think what would happen, though, if we had a Hillary! appointee, instead...
The bill itself is sixty-two pages in length. You can't drive through the state with anything on the banned list and if you still happen to have a weapon that's legal in the state, you better hope you can defend yourself with 9 rounds or fewer.
Individuals were allowed to own artillery at the time of the revolution.
No exception was made for “military type” weapons in the amendment.
Text of the decision is available here, if you are interested.
http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/141945A.P.pdf
If they ever came for ANY of my weapons I would just kill them .
If they ever came for ANY of my weapons I would just kill them .
Exactly right! The weaponry of the day (when the amendment was drafted) as used by militia was no different than that employed by patriots and there was no distinction between the two. If the government can’t disarm us, it wants us to be “outgunned.” They only refer to the framers’ intent when it suits their “perverted” senses.
The judge’s ruling supports the bill that has languished in Congress since
Dec. 2015. Read the text and list of guns banned.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4269/text
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