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Assault rifles are NOT protected under the Second Amendment, US appeals court rules
Daily Mail Co. (UK) ^ | 23 February 2017 | Associated Press and AFP

Posted on 02/23/2017 4:10:21 AM PST by Texas Fossil

A US appeals court has ruled that military-style assault weapons are not protected under the US Constitution, dealing a blow to gun rights activists. In a 10-4 ruling, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said the 45 assault weapons banned under Maryland's law are not protected by the Second Amendment. 'Put simply, we have no power to extend Second Amendment protection to the weapons of war,' wrote Judge Robert King, adding that the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller explicitly excluded such coverage.

While the Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to bear arms, legal battles have raged for years over what the guarantee includes. The ruling upheld a law from Maryland, which bans 45 different kinds of assault weapons and sets the limit on gun magazines to 10 rounds.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assault; ban; banglist; corruption; secondamendment; weapon
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To: IYAS9YAS

Miller’s original attorney didn’t show up either. Further Miller argued against the constitutionlaity of the 1934 gun control act which specifically infringed upon the very firearms which the ruling claimed the 2nd amendment protected. It was a travesty.


61 posted on 02/23/2017 9:14:18 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Yes, constitutionally speaking.


62 posted on 02/23/2017 9:16:15 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
"I assume you have the right to own machine guns, tanks, bombers, fighter jets etc."

Actually, yes. In colonial times it was completely common for ship owners to own the equivalent in armament of a Navy destroyer. See "privateer" among other categories.

63 posted on 02/23/2017 9:42:29 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Puppage

Of course the people are the militia. But the right MUST apply to the people otherwise only “the militia” is allowed to have weapons. This is what leftists have been trying to push for decades by saying the National Guard represents the militia so only they should be allowed to own arms. The 2A is a right of the people. The People is the subject of the right provided in the amendment, not the militia.


64 posted on 02/23/2017 10:05:54 AM PST by Justa
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To: Texas Fossil

Terrible miscarriage of justice based upon utter ignorance.

Appeal, appeal, appeal.


65 posted on 02/23/2017 12:07:16 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Jack Hammer

Yep. I’m sure the NRA and ILA are bending congressmen’s ears at this moment.


66 posted on 02/23/2017 4:15:56 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: bruoz
Many U.S. citizens do own the above.

I know that.

Do a little research before you post nonsense.

I stated a fact. Why don't you bite me.

67 posted on 02/23/2017 4:17:31 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: Justa
The People is the subject of the right provided in the amendment...

Yes, and in fact, the entire "Bill of Rights."

68 posted on 02/23/2017 4:45:55 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Isn’t this in direct contradiction to “Miller?”


69 posted on 02/24/2017 7:14:44 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple

Yes, ComDem fuzzy legal logic.


70 posted on 02/24/2017 7:46:31 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Wonder Warthog

Awhile ago I read up on “privateers”. We didn’t have much of a navy back then, so most of our ships were private. At one point the navy had three ships in the water and the privateers had over 450!

It is estimated that 13,000 privateers died - mostly while being held captive in the prison ships in New York harbor. (And then dumped into the water when they died). Compare that to the estimated 6,800 total U.S. deaths due to combat.

Thank God that our Founders had the wisdom to recognize our God-given right to own weapons with which to overthrow our own government. And I pray that we will never have to use it as they did during the Revolution.

http://longislandgenealogy.com/prison.html


71 posted on 02/27/2017 3:30:39 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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