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With congressional action on gun control largely stuck in a holding pattern on Capitol Hill, the real battlefields on the issue may become local, state and federal courtrooms. The New York attorney generals office is due before the state Supreme Court next month to defend the constitutionality of Gov. Andrew Cuomos tough new gun control package, and two separate appellate courts recently issued opposing opinions on whether the Second Amendment guarantees the right to carry a concealed weapon in public.
Mr. Cuomo signed sweeping gun control measures into law in January that included a beefed-up ban on so-called assault weapons and a limit on magazine capacity to a maximum of seven rounds of ammunition even less than the 10-round limit proposed by President Obama. But Buffalo lawyer James Tresmond is arguing on behalf of two gun owners that the law amounts to an unconstitutional seizure of property under the Fifth and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
State Supreme CourtJustice Diane Devlin has ordered the state to show cause by April 25 when oral arguments are scheduled though the state attorney general's office plans to respond by mid-March. Mr. Tresmond also has represented a gun dealer in a separate case challenging the law, with a hearing set for late April.
Illinois concealed carry
Ban semi-automatic weapons, as well as more than 10 rounds?
That's insane, that would make most handguns illegal.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
Denver, CO said that when they banned pit bulls too.
Then, when they didn't get the reduction in dogs they were looking for, they pulled out the registrations and went door to door, confiscating any dog that even looked like it could be a pit bull.
Never underestimate what the government will do in your best interest.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
Denver, CO said that when they banned pit bulls too.
Then, when they didn't get the reduction in dogs they were looking for, they pulled out the registrations and went door to door, confiscating any dog that even looked like it could be a pit bull.
Never underestimate what the government will do in your best interest.
Well, a pit bull is not a fire arm and not protected by the 2d Amendment.
Speaking of having such animals in neighborhoods with children, many years ago I had a neighbor who apparently (I can't prove it) would not abide such animals in proximity. Every last one of them disappeared or died over a several year period. Amazing coincidence.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
Denver, CO said that when they banned pit bulls too.
Then, when they didn't get the reduction in dogs they were looking for, they pulled out the registrations and went door to door, confiscating any dog that even looked like it could be a pit bull.
Never underestimate what the government will do in your best interest.
Well, a pit bull is not a fire arm and not protected by the 2d Amendment.
Speaking of having such animals in neighborhoods with children, many years ago I had a neighbor who apparently (I can't prove it) would not abide such animals in proximity. Every last one of them disappeared or died over a several year period. Amazing coincidence.
Denver, CO said that when they banned pit bulls too.
Then, when they didn't get the reduction in dogs they were looking for, they pulled out the registrations and went door to door, confiscating any dog that even looked like it could be a pit bull.
Never underestimate what the government will do in your best interest.
Well, a pit bull is not a fire arm and not protected by the 2d Amendment.
Speaking of having such animals in neighborhoods with children, many years ago I had a neighbor who apparently (I can't prove it) would not abide such animals in proximity. Every last one of them disappeared or died over a several year period. Amazing coincidence.
So, firearms that are protected by the second amendment can't be touched?
Ban semi-automatic weapons, as well as more than 10 rounds?
That's insane, that would make most handguns illegal.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
The government can regulate clip size, universal registration, universal background checks, type of weapon, etc (check Heller, Miller, Lewis), but it cannot come and take the guns you already own.
Denver, CO said that when they banned pit bulls too.
Then, when they didn't get the reduction in dogs they were looking for, they pulled out the registrations and went door to door, confiscating any dog that even looked like it could be a pit bull.
Never underestimate what the government will do in your best interest.
Well, a pit bull is not a fire arm and not protected by the 2d Amendment.
Speaking of having such animals in neighborhoods with children, many years ago I had a neighbor who apparently (I can't prove it) would not abide such animals in proximity. Every last one of them disappeared or died over a several year period. Amazing coincidence.
Well discuss thisWell, a pit bull is not a fire arm and not protected by the 2d Amendment.
Speaking of having such animals in neighborhoods with children, many years ago I had a neighbor who apparently (I can't prove it) would not abide such animals in proximity. Every last one of them disappeared or died over a several year period. Amazing coincidence.
So, firearms that are protected by the second amendment can't be touched?
They can be regulated: Heller, Lewis, and Miller demonstrate that.
If you mean collected by "touched", no, I don't people can be forced to turn in traditional weapons.
bigreb, the discussion is here. You don't make the rules.
