Federal courts in blue states seem to be upholding the majority of gun control laws, even after landmark Supreme Court decisions upholding the fundamental right to keep and bear arms
We recently posted about the New York Second Amendment case challenging New York’s concealed carry permit law that requires that a permit applicant prove to a local official that he or she is of “good moral character.” Not only is this an absurd requirement , but even after doing so, said local official then has complete discretion on whether to approve the applicant’s permit request . . . or not. The challengers in the case just asked the U.S.
“Deals a blow” to firearms owners? I’ll say. Think about a home invasion scenario, more and more a possibility these days with illegal aliens overrunning the entire country, and you’ll understand that one handgun with only a ten-round magazine will do little to stop said invasion. The ruling deals a sweeping blow to gun-rights advocates in six separate lawsuits fighting gun bans in Illinois. The order—which covers bans of the state, the cities of Chicago and Naperville, and Cook County—functionally ends any hope gun-rights supporters may have had that the bans would be blocked before a decision is reached on the merits in any of the cases….
“In a remarkable conclusion, the majority opinion decides that these firearms are not ‘Arms’ under the Second Amendment,” Brennan wrote. “The banned arms are ‘in common use.’ They are commonly possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes, including self-defense. They may be ‘dangerous’—as are all firearms—but they are not ‘unusual,’ and thus would not be within the history and tradition recognized in Heller of prohibiting ‘dangerous and unusual’ weapons.
National Association for Gun Rights, Robert C. Bevis, and Law Weapons, Inc. Law Weapons & Supply, An Illinois Corporation v. the City of Naperville, Illinois, Jason Arres, and the State of IllinoisD.C. v. Heller3.
It will take several months, most likely, for the Third Circuit to render a decision in this case. We will let you know when they do, and either way there will likely be yet another Petition to the Supreme Court asking the Justices to review the case.The Second Amendment does not protect AR-15s and ammunition magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
Washington state can continue to enforce its ban on the sale of commonly owned ammunition magazines, a federal judge ruled Monday. “As explained below, Plaintiffs have not shown that the Second Amendment protects large-capacity magazines, defined as magazines capable of firing eleven or more rounds without reloading,” Judge Immergut.
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