Posted on 04/06/2018 7:13:35 PM PDT by Kaslin
Well, it was not a good day for the stock market and it wasn’t a good day for gun rights. A federal judge decided to uphold a law that already strengthened the state’s ban on so-called assault weapons. The judge went on the whole weapons of war tangent in his opinion (via Bloomberg)
Massachusetts’ beefed-up ban on assault weapons doesn’t violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution, a U.S. judge ruled, handing a victory to gun-control advocates seeking to pass such a law nationwide following a spate of deadly mass shootings.
"The AR-15 and its analogs, along with large capacity magazines, are simply not weapons within the original meaning of the individual constitutional rights to ‘bear arms,’" U.S. District Judge William Young wrote in a decision Thursday in Boston, dismissing a lawsuit over the state law.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey was sued by a gun-rights group in response to her July 2016 enforcement notice that broadened the definition of "copies or duplicates" of AR-15 and AK-47 models that are prohibited under the state’s 1998 assault-weapon bans.
“These are weapons of war that belong on the battlefield, and we were pleased today to see yet another court agree with that stance,” Kris Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement.
In Boulder, Colorado, the council is moving forward to ban AR-15s within the city limits. High capacity magazines and bump stocks will also be prohibited (via Fox31 Denver):
The Boulder City Council passed the first read of an ordinance that will ban the sale and possession of assault weapons in the city,.
The ordinance was passed unanimously after a five-hour hearing during which nearly 150 people spoke.
The proposed ordinance would also ban high-capacity magazines and bump stocks.
The city council will possibly vote on the measure two more times before it becomes law.
Councilwoman Jill Adler Grano said, “This is not a knee-jerk reaction.”
Folks, this is why when the Left says we want a new ban on so-called assault weapons (i.e. guns we think that look scary), don’t give in; they’ll take a mile. And while there have been multiple legal challenges on existing assault weapons bans, the Supreme Court refuses to hear arguments. I get it. We have a right to bear arms, every state to a certain degree recognizes carry rights, more states have adopted constitutional carry laws (no permit required), and Second Amendment proponents have scored big on the legal front in the past regarding the Heller and McDonald decisions. Yes, the late Justice Antonin Scalia said that no right is absolute and states are free to pass laws regulating how this right is exercised, but this is not simple gun control; it’s a ban. The magazine limits give the game away. You cannot own an AR-15 rifle, which will be added into the news coverage. What will be missed are the scores of handguns that carry more than ten rounds, which will also be banned.
In Illinois, Deerfield, a suburb of Chicago, banned residents from owning AR-15 rifles and high capacity magazines. They have until June to turn them over to the authorities, destroy them, or transfer them out of the village limits. Owners risk a $1,000/day fine for non-compliance. So, the Second Amendment is dead in this slice of America. They’re instituting a gun ban—and threatening law-abiding gun owners with quasi-eviction if they don’t bend to the will of the state. In Oregon, a church group is also collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would also force law-abiding gun owners to turn over, register, destroy, or transfer out of the state their firearms. This is why the anti-gun Left cannot be trusted. This is why the Supreme Court needs to weigh in. we’re past simple laws now; the local authorities in these deep-blue pockets of America are coming after the Second Amendment and the people who exercise that right. You can’t live here if you want to own a firearm. That’s grossly unconstitutional.
Boulder joins the list of traitors. Massachusetts has been on it for a while.
Ruh-roh!
I’ll be the BATF and other organizations will be thrilled at more reasons to keep them around.
It’s time for combat veterans and especially wounded combat vets to speak up at these meetings and the communist attempts to overturn the constitution that they fought for and shed blood for, to uphold their military oath to support and defend the Constitution. These vets actually EARNED these rights and made it possible for every citizen to enjoy the fruits of their sacrifice, especially the ones that gave their lives. Now to have these local tyrants take their earned rights from them should cause these vets to loudly, actively rebel against these officials that also gave oaths of office to protect the constitution. The fact they actively break their oaths and illegally attempt to take rights away is treason and they should be dealt with as traitors historically have been.
They can pass laws, but who’s going to enforce them?
So where is the list of banned guns?
.... Yup ... That weapons BAN sure helped didn't it!!! ..... NOT!!!
“These are weapons of war that belong on the battlefield, and we were pleased today to see yet another court agree with that stance,” Kris Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement.
We are in the middle of a battlefield right now with people like you proposing denial and restriction of rights. Come and try to take them bitch!
We have a right to self defense. This includes defense against ALL threats, not just criminals. Our government, and governments throughout history have proven themselves to be threats to their citizens. The founding fathers knew this and that second amendment is their gift to us in the name of defending ourselves against tyranny. On this basis alone, we have the right to have sufficient fire power to defend ourselves from whatever a government wishes to throw at us. Each encroachment should be viewed as a direct threat to our freedom and dealt with accordingly.
Well maybe it’s late and maybe one too many Irish whiskeys but...
This is the battle freedom must win. At all costs. All.
Who will post a link to what a handgun can do vs the nazis?
Clarence Thomas tells Parkland survivor that the Second Amendment ‘won’t be touched’
Just hit me about how many times INjustice angered God in the Old Testament.
The cities banning the firearms believe that as more cities ban them, Congress will be forced to act to do the same.
They forget or just plain ignore American history and the lessons of Lexington and Concord. Attempting to take arms and ammunition of Colonists didn’t work out so well in the end.
Pistols and shotguns and knives are weapons of war. So are trucks and jeeps for that matter. And, based on 911, so are commercial jets.
Why are they aiming a weapon of war at a kid in a closet?
Boulder? Didn’t during the Obozo years Colorado ban high cap mags, only to be ignored by nearly every county law enforcement agency? Weren’t folks supposed to turn in guns in CT during this time...and NY SAFE act?
Can’t think of a better way to get conservatives fired up to get out the vote this fall.
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