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To: Dead Corpse
The primary point of the Heller decision was upholding the 2A as an Individual Right. If you BAN firearms, that is an infringement of that Right.

Agreed. Heller said you cannot ban any firearm ownership or place excessive restrictions on firearms you keep in your home. But none of the legislation before the Virginia legislature does that. It tightens background checks, something the courts allow. It bans new sales of assault rifles, large magazines, bump stocks and the like. The courts have never ruled that was unconstitutional. It puts 'red flag' laws in place, the constitutionality of which I believe is working its way through the courts. And it allows municipalities more power to ban firearms from certain activities and gatherings. We can argue that none of that is effective or none of it will make a difference in gun violence, but it all appears well within the state's power to enact. It doesn't go as far as D.C. did. It doesn't even go as far as other states have.

You can go ahead and argue against plain logic and the express language, but you'll only out yourself as either a gun hating dirt bag or a moron.

Or someone who knows what the Heller decision said and what the Virginia legislature is considering. But I guess only a moron would do something like that.

35 posted on 01/23/2020 2:39:43 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
It bans new sales of assault rifles, large magazines, bump stocks and the like.

Which is a ban you moron. An infringement.

46 posted on 01/24/2020 9:27:21 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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