Posted on 11/09/2024 5:54:38 AM PST by Enlightened1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.
U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn’s said his Friday decision applied universally, not just to the lawsuit’s plaintiffs.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act, signed into law in January 2023 by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, took effect Jan. 1. It bans AR-15 rifles and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and an assortment of attachments largely in response to the 2022 Independence Day shooting at a parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
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I want a good case to go to the Supreme Court, and I want the NFA overturned. Gun Control is unconstitutional.
This is how “shall not be infringed” translates into modern language:
“Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon — rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything — any time, any place, without asking anyone’s permission.”
-The Atlanta Declaration, L. Neil Smith,
Gun control is one of the very best issues there is. Is there any other single issue on which liberals are so ignorant? They don’t know anything at all about the subject matter. The entertainment value is off the charts. Meanwhile, they juat keep on losing.
Banning semiautomatic firearms is a violation of the Bill of Rights and the greatest threat to the RAT turd rollers’ “democrazy”.
We pray the Surpremes will finally declare the obvious and clean the slate for a successful restoration of constitutional law in America (including citizens’ 2A rights).
GASP! Military STYLE RIFLES! Designed to kill people! Bayonet lug! ugly! Plastic!
For those alive (as I was) during the 1960s the democrats used the same scare tactics to get the 5 shot bolt action ARMY SURPLUS RIFLE banned in the US along with the small foreign made handguns.
Military
Rifle! Meant to KILL PEOPLE! Bayonet Lug! Ugly Wood!
And yet the same machinery used to make a hunting rifle was OK!
Years later it was found the anti military rifle scam was designed to protect Winchester, Savage and Remington from cheap foreign competition. Now those same states are driving their hunting rifle makers to the Southern States.
Prickster sucks.
Gun control laws are about punishing what people think, not gun ownership. You can see that the laws are about making gun ownership more inconvenient and expensive. What you never see is how these draconian laws are designed to protect lives and stop mass shootings. We should do two things: demand that these laws be justified in terms of public safety, and there needs to be a provision that the laws be repealed if they don’t have an impact on public safety. Punishing people who believe in the second amendment is not effective and is just political commentary that is unconstitutional.
“universally”
Does this mean Washington State’s ban on AR-15s and high capacity magazines is now moot?
This is where I think the Court is completely wrong on this issue, the ruling should be a little different.
The law in question is VOID for all Private Citizens in the State and shall be applied to ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE’S IMMEDIATELY.
Changing tagline.
That is because "Gun Control" are not designed for any such purpose. That is merely a convenient rationalization to disguise their real purpose - which is what you mentioned. People want to use government to punish other people whose thoughts and interests they don't like.
And government officials really do not want an armed population that might even think of resisting government orders. Constitutional restraints be dammed. The peasants must be disarmed and defenseless against all predators.
There is little point in demanding justifications for such laws. The supporters will always respond with the same cover lies about "public safety".
Direct confrontation by calling out the deception is one of the necessary countering techniques. To be sure, it is not the only measure needed.
I have one...and, yes, my intent is to get it there. No joke.
HA HA!
Not until SCOTUS eventually rules in favor of the plaintiff will you be able to exercise your constitutional rights.
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