Posted on 10/07/2022 4:26:29 PM PDT by rellimpank
A conservative Las Vegas-based gun-rights organization successfully convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to put guns in the hands of criminals who were previously convicted of gun crimes.
We’ll rephrase that to make sure we’re being clear.
Despite decades of rhetoric about responsible gun ownership, making our streets safe, holding criminals accountable for their individual actions and the need to keep guns out of the hands of convicted criminals, conservative gun rights advocates based right here in Las Vegas successfully vacated a decision by a lower court upholding a Massachusetts law that restricted criminals convicted of a gun-related crime from purchasing a firearm in the future.
The case in question, Morin v. Lyver, involved a gun owner, Alfred Morin, who illegally carried a firearm and ammunition in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. To his credit, Morin’s handgun was licensed and registered in his home state of Massachusetts and he claims he was unaware of Washington’s restrictions on carrying concealed weapons. And to his credit, he was caught and arrested only after revealing the weapon to a guard at the American Museum of Modern History while inquiring about how to check the weapon since the museum was a gun-free zone.
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The complainants are the same people who want to empty the prisons of criminals so they can fill them with political opponents.
Probably handing them out to homeless free of charge as we read this.
This article reads like it’s authored by a Freshman for a High School newspaper.
I didn’t read the whole article but from the lede it sounds like a test case for SCOTUS. Was the man’s only crime carrying a registered, licensed gun in a place where his license was not valid? And he was only busted because he tried to responsibly “check his firearm” before entering a restricted area?
Drivers licenses and marriage licenses are recognized by all jurisdictions in all 50 states.
I bet the
as Vegas Sun supports illegal aliens like the one who just killed two people.
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The last line of The Post article: “The Supreme Court’s order in the Massachusetts case was unsigned and there were no dissents.”
The LV Sun is the crazy old lady of a paper stuck in the middle of the Review-Journal.
When did this happen?
It happened very recently.
I have an article coming up on AmmoLand. After it is published, I will post it here.
Quick summation, leaving out many pertinent facts:
Extremely law abiding person in Massachusetts, jumps through all the infringements in Mass to get his permit to carry. He believes it is valid in DC.
He visits DC, notices sign on Natural History Museum, no guns.
Goes to a guard, asks how can I check my gun in order to be legal?
Guard calls cops.
He is convicted under unconstitutional DC law.
After a couple of years, he applies to get a Massachusetts permit, again.
They wont give him one.
The Supreme Court said: BS you have violated his Constitutional rights.
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