Bzzzz! Wrong answer. Very few of the total in circulation show up at crime scenes.
particularly self-defense in the home, which is at the core of the Second Amendment right,
Bzzzz! Wrong answer. Defense against tyranny, such as Judge Blake, is at the core of the Second Amendment.
and is inclined to find the weapons fall outside Second Amendment protection as dangerous and unusual.
They certainly can be dangerous, especially to tyrants. They are only unusual in places where they are restricted.
Oh, and they are not "assault weapons" and Blake should be removed for using political rhetoric to support her pre-determined conclusion.
“Upon review of all the parties’ evidence, the court seriously doubts that the banned assault long guns are commonly possessed for lawful purposes,”
Gee, there are several million of them, at least. The estimate is 8.3 million as of the end of 2012. 2013 and this year have been very good years.
How often are they used in crime? Extremely rarely. Only about 3-4 percent of homicides are done with riles, and these rifles are about 10 percent of all rifles.
Probably less than 83 homicides by “assault rifles” in a year, could be as less than 40, or guaranteed less than 1 per hundred thousand. 300 million guns in the U.S, about 10,000 homicides with them in a year or about 3 per hundred thousand.
The judge is just making stuff up out of thin air.