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needledriver

(836 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:57 PM Feb 2017

Maryland's assault weapons ban upheld by US appeals court [View all]

http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/US-appeals-court-upholds-Maryland-assault-weapons-10948756.php

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's ban on 45 kinds of assault weapons and its 10-round limit on gun magazines were upheld Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a decision that met with a strongly worded dissent.

In a 10-4 ruling, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said the guns banned under Maryland's law aren't protected by the Second Amendment.

"Put simply, we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war," Judge Robert King wrote for the court, adding that the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller explicitly

Judge William Traxler issued a dissent. By concluding the Second Amendment doesn't even apply, Traxler wrote, the majority "has gone to greater lengths than any other court to eviscerate the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms." He also wrote that the court did not apply a strict enough review on the constitutionality of the law.

"For a law-abiding citizen who, for whatever reason, chooses to protect his home with a semi-automatic rifle instead of a semi-automatic handgun, Maryland's law clearly imposes a significant burden on the exercise of the right to arm oneself at home, and it should at least be subject to strict scrutiny review before it is allowed to stand," Traxler wrote.


How many times have you seen a meme crawl across your Facebook feed to the effect of "The Democrats aren't coming for your guns" as part of a long list debunking right wing paranoid claims? If you live in California, or Maryland, or New York the Democrats ARE coming for your guns.

California. Maryland. New York. Nice reliable blue voting states. Even if you are "deplorable or "stupid" it is clear to see that if you vote Democratic you are voting for a party that has an active policy of eroding your right to keep and bear arms. Even if you are not really sure whether Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing and are tempted to give the Democrat the benefit of the doubt, there's no doubt in your mind, based on actual demonstrated results, that if you vote for a Democrat you are voting for a party that will make it more difficult to buy firearms, and impossible to buy the ones you want.

This. Shit. Costs. Us. Votes.

Why is it that Liberals will twist themselves into emotional knots defending the right of Nazis to exercise their freedom of speech by parading through a Jewish neighborhood, but lose their shit if one of those same Nazis wants to own a black aluminum and plastic semi automatic rifle? What quality of "Right" does Freedom of Speech or Worship have that the "Right" to Keep and Bear Arms does not possess?
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And all guns are weapons of war so this bans all guns scscholar Feb 2017 #1
Silly me discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #3
I do not agree with what you say, Sir, needledriver Feb 2017 #4
But if the Second Amendment is about the militia, sarisataka Feb 2017 #5
Yes. Wasn't that the gov'ts case in Miller? yagotme Feb 2017 #9
I am sure trump would agree. Doing so would give his authoritative forces so much more power. jmg257 Feb 2017 #7
It's astonishing that so many Controllers have yet to figure out...... pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #11
I rather think it was written AGAINST that sort of menace n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #15
I think that you think that he thought you would think that. yagotme Feb 2017 #18
"Guangzhou is a chemical weapons plant masquerading as a fertilizer plant. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #19
Thank you. I think. pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #20
Of course better way of stating the point would have been....... pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #21
Yeah, I hate it when I type something, yagotme Feb 2017 #23
Agree. MarvinGardens Feb 2017 #2
"Put simply, we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war" WTF?? jmg257 Feb 2017 #6
How about these weapons of war? benEzra Mar 2017 #44
What's next, a ban on "assault speech"? N77VG Feb 2017 #8
It's called "hate" speech. yagotme Feb 2017 #10
I'm hugely offended when the 'christian right' (which is neither) pushes for hate against ME N77VG Feb 2017 #16
Yes, it's human nature to want to shut someone down yagotme Feb 2017 #17
I got yer "assault weapon" right here. pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #12
My SKS will pass too. Hangingon Feb 2017 #13
As will my M1 Garands oneshooter Feb 2017 #14
thats not a battle rifle wincest Feb 2017 #25
You might want to ask oneshooter Mar 2017 #43
my apoligies wincest Mar 2017 #51
I was once like you, young and on a budget. oneshooter Mar 2017 #54
"Why is it that Liberals will twist themselves into emotional knots......." pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #22
If a person you talk to keeps spouting obvious lies, yagotme Feb 2017 #24
GOOD!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #26
may i ask wincest Feb 2017 #27
All guns are assault weapons. I'm totally anti-gun. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #28
Then don't own one. benEzra Mar 2017 #45
Good that we're turning over the nation to the GOP to no good end? pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #29
Guns BAD. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #30
Well now THERE'S intelligent discourse!! NT pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #31
Wanted you to understand it. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #32
More like cowardice. NT pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #33
A common misconception. ManiacJoe Mar 2017 #37
And The Controllers refer to us as knuckle-draggers, while they.......... pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #40
Better round them up, then. yagotme Mar 2017 #49
rubbish jimmy the one Feb 2017 #34
Your header, at least, was accurate- much of what you posted *was* rubbish friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #35
Thank you for your reply needledriver Mar 2017 #36
OOOOOOOOOK, lahoma jimmy the one Mar 2017 #38
Still no evidence of these purported "conversion kits"- smells like Trump's 'wiretaps' to me. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #39
"Reread what I wrote". I did- and the parts you bolded are *also* incorrect: friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #41
iconic nut jimmy the one Mar 2017 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #48
"Off our streets". yagotme Mar 2017 #50
Prepare yourself for a verbose word-salad that doesn't really answer your question friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #53
I know. yagotme Mar 2017 #57
Oh, that's rich. So very rich. Straw Man Mar 2017 #55
I'd like to see a citation of even one Senate/House "assault weapons ban" bill in the last ten years benEzra Mar 2017 #56
It would be nice if the gun-ban fundamentalists would acknowledge this fact from time to time... benEzra Mar 2017 #46
I hate to think of instances of the words... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #52
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