Assault weapons ban unconstitutional...

[seer]

A good start...

US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

A federal judge on Friday overturned California’s long-standing assault weapons ban on constitutional grounds.

US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that the 1989 ban on military-style rifles deprives state residents of their right to bear arms.

“Under no level of heightened scrutiny can the law survive,” Benitez said.

“Like the Swiss Army knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle,” the judge said in his ruling’s introduction.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/04/us-jud...sault-weapons/

[firstfloor]

AR-15 owners should get together, form a circle and practice shooting at targets placed at the centre of the circle.

[rogue06]

A good start...

US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

A federal judge on Friday overturned California’s long-standing assault weapons ban on constitutional grounds.

US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that the 1989 ban on military-style rifles deprives state residents of their right to bear arms.

“Under no level of heightened scrutiny can the law survive,” Benitez said.

“Like the Swiss Army knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle,” the judge said in his ruling’s introduction.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/04/us-jud...sault-weapons/

One of the biggest problems that those who like the "assault weapon" ban has been their difficulty in explaining how they would distinguish between them and your typical semi-automatic hunting rifle. The first and probably the last time they tried, it was based on cosmetic features and that ended in compete failure.

[CivilDiscourse]

AR-15 owners should get together, form a circle and practice shooting at targets placed at the centre of the circle.

Glad to see you volunteering.

[rogue06]

Glad to see you volunteering.

He has experience with being a javelin catcher at the Olympic try-outs

[Mountain Man]

I assume this ruling will eventually make its way to the US Supreme Court, and if they uphold it, that will put a definitive end to any hope liberals have of making an end run around the Second Amendment.

[CivilDiscourse]

I assume this ruling will eventually make its way to the US Supreme Court, and if they uphold it, that will put a definitive end to any hope liberals have of making an end run around the Second Amendment.

And be added as another reason why they must stack the supreme court in order to push their agenda

[Mountain Man]

And be added as another reason why they must stack the supreme court in order to push their agenda

The Democrats seem to have backed off on wanting to expand the Supreme Court. I think they realized how politically costly such a move would be.

[CivilDiscourse]

The Democrats seem to have backed off on wanting to expand the Supreme Court. I think they realized how politically costly such a move would be.

No. I think it boils down to the fact that they are locked behind a filibuster wall until they can get the two democrat holdouts to agree to eliminate it. They can't harp on SCOTUS until they have the power to do something about it.

[rogue06]

The Democrats seem to have backed off on wanting to expand the Supreme Court. I think they realized how politically costly such a move would be.

Forget 2A. See how long that lasts if SCOTUS increases restrictions on abortions

[oxmixmudd]

A good start...

US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

A federal judge on Friday overturned California’s long-standing assault weapons ban on constitutional grounds.

US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that the 1989 ban on military-style rifles deprives state residents of their right to bear arms.

“Under no level of heightened scrutiny can the law survive,” Benitez said.

“Like the Swiss Army knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle,” the judge said in his ruling’s introduction.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/04/us-jud...sault-weapons/

I simply will never be able to celebrate this sort of 'victory'. The right to bear arms - far from being our savior - has become our curse.

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/r.../mass-shooting

- consider the mass shootings in the US in just the last 2 weeks: (numbers columns are dead/injured)

2026123	June 6, 2021	Florida	Miami (Kendall)	10549 SW 109th Ct	3	6	View Incident View Source
2026802	June 6, 2021	Missouri	Saint Louis	100 N 7th St	0	4	View Incident View Source
2026713	June 6, 2021	Utah	Salt Lake City	1359 N General Dr	1	4	View Incident View Source
2026651	June 6, 2021	North Carolina	Maury	Katie Ct	0	4	View Incident View Source
2026112	June 6, 2021	Illinois	Chicago	8900 block of S Cottage Grove Ave	0	8	View Incident View Source
2026257	June 5, 2021	Louisiana	New Orleans	10150 I-10 Service Rd	0	8	View Incident View Source
2025260	June 5, 2021	Indiana	Indianapolis	7500 N. Shadeland Ave	2	2	View Incident View Source
2025891	June 4, 2021	Michigan	Muskegon	1675 E. Sherman Blvd	1	3	View Incident View Source
2022821	June 2, 2021	Ohio	Toledo	1830 W Bancroft St	0	4	View Incident View Source
2025254	June 2, 2021	Arkansas	Magnolia	Calhoun Rd	0	4	View Incident View Source
2022391	June 2, 2021	Ohio	Springfield	1935 S Yellow Springs St	0	6	View Incident View Source
2021130	May 31, 2021	New York	Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Ave	0	4	View Incident View Source
2021398	May 31, 2021	Missouri	Saint Louis	8800 block of N Broadway	0	4	View Incident View Source
2022129	May 31, 2021	Ohio	Cleveland (Garfield Heights)	13000 block of Alvin Ave	1	5	View Incident View Source
2019751	May 30, 2021	Alabama	Aliceville	7th Street NE	1	4	View Incident View Source
2019622	May 30, 2021	Florida	Miami	7630 NW 186th St	3	20	View Incident View Source
2020535	May 30, 2021	Illinois	Chicago	6718 S Stony Island Ave	0	4	View Incident View Source
2019155	May 29, 2021	Texas	San Antonio	3300 block of Fallen Leaf Ln	2	2	View Incident View Source
2019384	May 29, 2021	Missouri	Saint Louis	10466 W Florissant Ave	1	3	View Incident View Source
2018931	May 28, 2021	Florida	Miami	2022 NW 1st Ct	1	6	View Incident View Source
2018495	May 27, 2021	North Carolina	Durham	1200 block of Fayetteville St	0	5	View Incident View Source
2015849	May 26, 2021	Illinois	Chicago	7200 block of S Princeton Ave	1	3	View Incident View Source
2015730	May 26, 2021	California	San Jose	101 W Younger Ave	10	0	View Incident View Source
2014343	May 24, 2021	Michigan	Inkster	27000 block of Rosewood St	2	2	View Incident View Source
2014381	May 24, 2021	Ohio	West Jefferson	127 Jackson St	4	0	View Incident

[Sparko]

I simply will never be able to celebrate this sort of 'victory'. The right to bear arms - far from being our savior - has become our curse.

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/r.../mass-shooting

- consider the mass shootings in the US in just the last 2 weeks: (numbers columns are dead/injured)

2026123	June 6, 2021	Florida	Miami (Kendall)	10549 SW 109th Ct	3	6	View Incident View Source
2026802	June 6, 2021	Missouri	Saint Louis	100 N 7th St	0	4	View Incident View Source
2026713	June 6, 2021	Utah	Salt Lake City	1359 N General Dr	1	4	View Incident View Source
2026651	June 6, 2021	North Carolina	Maury	Katie Ct	0	4	View Incident View Source
2026112	June 6, 2021	Illinois	Chicago	8900 block of S Cottage Grove Ave	0	8	View Incident View Source
2026257	June 5, 2021	Louisiana	New Orleans	10150 I-10 Service Rd	0	8	View Incident View Source
2025260	June 5, 2021	Indiana	Indianapolis	7500 N. Shadeland Ave	2	2	View Incident View Source
2025891	June 4, 2021	Michigan	Muskegon	1675 E. Sherman Blvd	1	3	View Incident View Source
2022821	June 2, 2021	Ohio	Toledo	1830 W Bancroft St	0	4	View Incident View Source
2025254	June 2, 2021	Arkansas	Magnolia	Calhoun Rd	0	4	View Incident View Source
2022391	June 2, 2021	Ohio	Springfield	1935 S Yellow Springs St	0	6	View Incident View Source
2021130	May 31, 2021	New York	Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Ave	0	4	View Incident View Source
2021398	May 31, 2021	Missouri	Saint Louis	8800 block of N Broadway	0	4	View Incident View Source
2022129	May 31, 2021	Ohio	Cleveland (Garfield Heights)	13000 block of Alvin Ave	1	5	View Incident View Source
2019751	May 30, 2021	Alabama	Aliceville	7th Street NE	1	4	View Incident View Source
2019622	May 30, 2021	Florida	Miami	7630 NW 186th St	3	20	View Incident View Source
2020535	May 30, 2021	Illinois	Chicago	6718 S Stony Island Ave	0	4	View Incident View Source
2019155	May 29, 2021	Texas	San Antonio	3300 block of Fallen Leaf Ln	2	2	View Incident View Source
2019384	May 29, 2021	Missouri	Saint Louis	10466 W Florissant Ave	1	3	View Incident View Source
2018931	May 28, 2021	Florida	Miami	2022 NW 1st Ct	1	6	View Incident View Source
2018495	May 27, 2021	North Carolina	Durham	1200 block of Fayetteville St	0	5	View Incident View Source
2015849	May 26, 2021	Illinois	Chicago	7200 block of S Princeton Ave	1	3	View Incident View Source
2015730	May 26, 2021	California	San Jose	101 W Younger Ave	10	0	View Incident View Source
2014343	May 24, 2021	Michigan	Inkster	27000 block of Rosewood St	2	2	View Incident View Source
2014381	May 24, 2021	Ohio	West Jefferson	127 Jackson St	4	0	View Incident

How many were by AR-15?

[rogue06]

How many were by AR-15?

The real irony is that firearms like AR-15s were rarely if ever used in the commission of any sort of crimes including murder until the government kept making a lot of noise about them. Immediately afterwards, coincidentally I'm sure, you started seeing a steady increase in their use for such activities.

[seer]

I simply will never be able to celebrate this sort of 'victory'. The right to bear arms - far from being our savior - has become our curse.

You do know that most people killed with a firearm are killed with a pistol. Would you ban those too?

[rogue06]

You do know that most people killed with a firearm are killed with a pistol. Would you ban those too?

For the longest time handguns were pretty much the only target of the gun grabbers -- particularly inexpensive models which the poor could afford (so-called Saturday Night Specials).