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cities because they would be the only ones to pass any real gun legislation but that's blocked by the supreme court.
by sharemywin 4y ago
cities because they would be the only ones to pass any real gun legislation but that's blocked by the supreme court.
- sharemywin 4y agobecause the second amendment is the only clause of the constitution that's allowed a literal interpretation.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoExcept it’s not. Well regulated militias are about the states ability to muster a militia. Militias have scopes and scales associated with them, such as ages and dispositions. For instance in Washington state, “Idiots, lunatics, paupers and vagabonds, habitual drunkards and persons convicted of infamous crimes” and people younger than 18 and older than 45 years old, as well as government officials and judiciary and legislature, are not eligible for the militia, organized or unorganized. So, why are they eligible for consideration under the second amendment?
- scarface74 4y agoAnd how effective do you think it will be to ban guns in cities and doesn’t that go back to my point of giving police yet another reason to harass minorities unequally?
- Nextgrid 4y agoPolice already have plenty of (proven successful) ways to harass or murder and get away with it, I'm not sure they need one more?
- scarface74 4y agoAnd we should be taking tools out of their hands not giving them more.
- stametseater 4y agoUrban prosecutors routinely drop gun charges instead of prosecuting them. Existing gun laws are largely unenforced, particularly in cities with democratic prosecutors.