Subdeacon Joe Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/06/09/second-amendment-right-to-meet-people-at-the-door-with-a-machete-by-your-side/?utm_term=.5a98ef5a78b8 Quote Sounds right to me, at least as to home possession. (What is the proper scope of the Second Amendment outside the home is a hotly contested matter, on which courts have split, and which the Supreme Court is currently being asked to consider, in the Peruta petition.) https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/attorneys/assets/opinions/supreme/a_76_15.pdf Quote HELD: The right to possess a weapon in one’s own home for self-defense would be of little effect if one were required to keep the weapon out-of-hand, picking it up only “spontaneously.” Defendant had a constitutional right to possess the machete in his home for his own defense and that of his pregnant wife. Because the trial court’s instructions did not convey this principle, the instructions were erroneous. Further, because the erroneous instructions were capable of producing an unjust result in this matter, they constitute plain error. Link to comment
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