Subdeacon Joe Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Quote In Heller, the Supreme Court held that handguns – the vast majority of which today are semi-automatic – are constitutionally protected because they have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens. There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semi-automatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles, like semi-automatic handguns, have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens for self-defense in the home, hunting, and other lawful uses. Moreover, semiautomatic handguns are used in connection with violent crimes far more than semi-automatic rifles are. It follows from Heller’s protection of semi-automatic handguns that semi-automatic rifles are also constitutionally protected and that D.C.’s ban on them is unconstitutional. That from his dissenting opinion in HELLER II Link to comment
Blackwater 53393 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I just hope he doesn't do a Hugo Black if/when he's installed to the court!! Link to comment
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