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In Reply to: American gun carnage will continue until revision of 2nd amendment of US constitution. (nt) posted by vacuous on April 16, 2021 at 09:27:40:
Under Heller , the landmark 2008 SCOTUS decision that, for the first time in US history established a right to own a gun, the majority still held that gun rights aren't absolute and that the states and the Federal government still had the Constitutional authority to restrict the types of weapons available to the general public and establish rules for gun ownership such as licensing and registration.
It's an an incorrect assumption that any American who wants a gun gets one regardless of past histories of mental illness or violent crime because the Second Amendment says so.
Legislatures have the power to prevent many of these mass shootings in the future. They just refuse to use that power.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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Follow Ups
- No revision is necessary. - ghost of olddude55 04/16/2113:47:18 04/16/21 (21)
- RE: No revision is necessary. - Tre' 15:01:51 04/16/21 (12)
- The Second Amendment was written by John Adams. - ghost of olddude55 15:11:15 04/16/21 (11)
- "Assault weapons bans are Constitutional" - E-Stat 07:24:51 04/17/21 (10)
- But, per Heller, the Feds could ban assault weapons... - ghost of olddude55 12:26:23 04/17/21 (9)
- Most of the really large mass shootings HAVE used AR-15-style weapons. nt. - MWE 14:46:24 04/17/21 (1)
- RE: Most of the really large mass shootings HAVE used AR-15-style weapons. nt. - rivervalley817 15:51:30 04/17/21 (0)
- RE: But, per Heller, the Feds could ban assault weapons... - rivervalley817 14:00:46 04/17/21 (0)
- They already have! - E-Stat 13:14:44 04/17/21 (5)
- Fully-automatic weapons have been successfully banned... - MWE 14:40:37 04/17/21 (1)
- RE: Fully-automatic weapons have been successfully banned... - E-Stat 14:56:22 04/17/21 (0)
- They don't know what else to do... - ghost of olddude55 13:51:00 04/17/21 (2)
- Empty *solutions* are worthless - E-Stat 14:30:18 04/17/21 (0)
- RE: They don't know what else to do... - rivervalley817 14:17:36 04/17/21 (0)
- RE: No revision is necessary. - pictureguy 14:22:38 04/16/21 (7)
- Under Heller, they could be compelled. - ghost of olddude55 14:53:20 04/16/21 (5)
- RE: Under Heller, they could be compelled. - pictureguy 17:06:06 04/16/21 (4)
- There are no background checks on private sales. - ghost of olddude55 05:04:43 04/17/21 (3)
- RE: There are no background checks on private sales. - pictureguy 11:15:08 04/17/21 (2)
- New York City has strict gun-control laws. - ghost of olddude55 11:40:47 04/17/21 (1)
- RE: New York City has strict gun-control laws. - pictureguy 00:15:12 04/18/21 (0)
- RE: No revision is necessary. - rivervalley817 14:35:56 04/16/21 (0)