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Gun control laws in California and beyond in peril as Supreme Court expands 2nd Amendment
LA Times via msn ^ | 18 july 2021 | David G. Savage

Posted on 07/19/2023 2:28:18 PM PDT by rellimpank

It wasn't until 2008 that the Supreme Court for the first time struck down a gun control law, ruling the 2nd Amendment protected the "right of law-abiding, responsible citizens" to keep a handgun at home for self-defense.

Last year, the court went a step further and said an "ordinary law-abiding citizen" also has a right to a state permit to carry a concealed weapon in public for self-defense.

Now the justices face a new frontier: Do gun rights extend to dangerous people and dangerous weapons?

In just the last year, accused criminals and felons including drug dealers and domestic abusers have won gun rights claims by arguing that in 1791, when the 2nd Amendment was adopted, the new nation did not have broad restrictions on firearms.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; california; davidgsavage; davidsavage; fakenewsheadline; gavinnewsom; guns; hh2; latimes; losangelesslimes; nra; reparations; rkba; secondamendment
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1 posted on 07/19/2023 2:28:18 PM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

The Supreme Court isn’t “expanding” the Second Amendment. It’s removing unconstitutional restrictions.


2 posted on 07/19/2023 2:31:16 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

That was my thought.


3 posted on 07/19/2023 2:32:52 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yup.


4 posted on 07/19/2023 2:34:09 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rellimpank

This is a big moment the people of California have been waiting for. Even with the restrictions that the people of the state never asked for, you still have had huge amounts of gun sales

https://freebeacon.com/issues/report-california-saw-huge-increase-in-gun-ownership-over-last-decade-despite-strict-gun-laws/


5 posted on 07/19/2023 2:36:47 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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To: rellimpank

Why is it that the media gets down on drug users and criminals when they’re talking about gun control, but are fine with them when talking about them shoplifting, violent crime and crapping in the street?


6 posted on 07/19/2023 2:41:58 PM PDT by Spok
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To: T.B. Yoits

‘zackly.


7 posted on 07/19/2023 2:42:35 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: rellimpank
dangerous weapons

With regard to firearms, can David G. Savage describe the distinction between a "dangerous" and a "non-dangerous" weapon?

8 posted on 07/19/2023 2:58:42 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: rellimpank

Do gun rights extend to dangerous people and dangerous weapons?
= = =

OK, just what is an “un dangerous weapon”?


9 posted on 07/19/2023 2:59:13 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: rellimpank

Buy weapons and ammo, folks and our next law to destroy is the National Firearms act of 1934. If Roe versus Wade can be over turned, the NFA can be ruled unconstitutional.


10 posted on 07/19/2023 2:59:22 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: rellimpank

Restores. Not expands.


11 posted on 07/19/2023 3:23:13 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Scrambler Bob

If these people are so dangerous - why aren’t they still in prison? If they have done their time they should be allowed to have weapons again. Like a car, a saw, kitchen knifes, etc.


12 posted on 07/19/2023 3:26:47 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Urinalists today huh!?


13 posted on 07/19/2023 3:32:06 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rellimpank

You really need to read the 1982 Senate report on the RKBA. I have a paper copy. You will see why it is highly suppressed and out of print. Below is an on line copy.

https://guncite.com/journals/senrpt/senrpt.html

“The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.”


14 posted on 07/19/2023 3:38:17 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: rellimpank

One would hope that SCOTUS understands that there are states whose legislators and judges have open contempt for the 2nd Amendment.I suspect that might be true given “Caetano v Massachusetts” and the Bruen decision.


15 posted on 07/19/2023 3:56:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

BINGO!


16 posted on 07/19/2023 4:00:46 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: rellimpank

Effing hate the LA Slimes.


17 posted on 07/19/2023 4:51:05 PM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: rellimpank

If the guns go so does the democracy with in 24 months.


18 posted on 07/19/2023 4:59:06 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: rellimpank

We have seen what democrats think of the Supreme Court. Biden has shown all their rulings can simply be ignored.


19 posted on 07/19/2023 5:36:01 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook

California is the largest market for guns in the country, in spite of the laws there.

A lot of professional competition shooters live there, too (even in places like Livermore).


20 posted on 07/19/2023 5:56:33 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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