4th Circuit: ‘Assault Weapons’ Can Be Banned for Resembling Military Guns

breitbart.com ^ | 2/27/2017 | AWR Hawkins

[rktman]

It is interesting to note that the 4th Circuit’s ruling comes in the wake of a “white paper” in which ATF Associate Deputy Director Ronald Turk argued against ongoing importation bans on “assault weapons.” Turk argued on the grounds that such weapons are increasingly popular for sport shooting and are actually “standard for hunting activities.” The Washington Post published the paper in which Turk said continued opposition to the weapons is based on an “almost 20-year-old study.”

But the 4th Circuit described the sporting and hunting rifles as “exceptionally lethal weapons of war.”

[rktman]

'Moron' the subject. "“exceptionally lethal weapons of war.”" Therein lies one of the many problems. If we could convince the 4th circus that these firearms are just your normal everyday "regularly lethal" labeled instead of "exceptionally lethal" kind, they might change their collective 12 neurons to a positive outcome. Or not. Prolly not.

[stylin19a]

Muskets are out ?

[facedown]

Thoughtful analysis is a waste of time when it comes to the courts these days. They have become nothing more than political hacks.

[EagleUSA]

These courts need to be CLEANED OUT and replaced by upholders of the Constitution -— not the Marxist Democrat Party agenda.

[Pravious]

Are roll-your-own tobacco cigarettes also illegal because they resemble joints?

[rktman]

We must be forgetting about the living constitution which was designed to bend and flex with the current day situations. NOT! Of course there are a lot of people that think the bible is also flexing and bending to today’s world.

[antidemoncrat]

I think their real definition for weapons of war includes any semi-automatic weapon, not just “assult rifles”.

[Don Corleone]

But the 4th Circuit described the sporting and hunting rifles as “exceptionally lethal weapons of war.”

Exceptionally lethal weapons of war are Nuclear Bombs, guided missiles and poison gases. Most of the rest are derivatives of stuff you can find at the fireworks stand around the end of June.

[cpdiii]

Thoughtful analysis is a waste of time when it comes to the courts these days. They have become nothing more than political hacks.

Good post! Our Constitutional Rights are being taken from us by a rogue Judiciary. Obama packed the courts with judicial activists over his 8 year reign of disgrace.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[GMMC0987]

A far cry from Miller vs US where they ruled a weapon had to have a military use to be covered by the 2nd amendment.

[TADSLOS]

Ping

[Scrambler Bob]

Exceptionally lethal weapons of war are Nuclear Bombs, guided missiles and poison gases.
= = =

Might ISIS execution methods also be considered Exceptionally Lethal?

[ClearCase_guy]

Not my area of expertise, but I think the 1934 Firearms Act outlawed certain weapons specifically because they were not used by the military. I believe the “sawed off shotgun” was in this category. There was a court case later in the 30s which should have pointed out that sawed off shotguns had been used WW1 trench fighting and had definite military application and, for that reason, should have been declared legal. But the court case was bungled and the law stood.

My limited knowledge of this comes from “Unintended Consequences” by John Ross and my memory may be faulty.

But at one point, I believe that being (or resembling) a military gun was the reason NOT to ban it. Oh how times change.

[BitWielder1]

Okay, gun manufacturers need to design nice looking rifles.
Pink, rainbow and other non threatening colors and appearance.
Not something a soldier would use, but for personal use.
It's all about marketing,

[ClearCase_guy]

Thanks! Miller is the court case I was grasping for in my comment #14.

[kiryandil]

Oh, look! Some #FakeJudges on one of the #FakeCourts made some stuff up!

Very Fake. Sad.

[cpdiii]

I think their real definition for weapons of war includes any semi-automatic weapon, not just “assault rifles”.

You are wrong. They want them all just like in England. In fact in England you can not have an unlicensed air rifle with over 12 foot pounds of energy. For comparison a 22LR has about 100 foot pounds of energy.

[Red Badger]

[kiryandil]

But at one point, I believe that being (or resembling) a military gun was the reason NOT to ban it. Oh how times change.

That's because none of these #FakeJudges have gotten force-fed a gun butt, like they deserve.