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2a cases are in a worse bin. Several circuit are taking unprecedented actions to keep these cases from getting to SCOTUS. Read the comments here: https://old.r

2a cases are in a worse bin. Several circuit are taking unprecedented actions to keep these cases from getting to SCOTUS. Read the comments here: https://old.reddit.com/r/supremecourt/comments/195rsgl/14_months_after_oral_arguments_ca4_decides_to/ https://old.reddit.com/r/supremecourt/comments/195rsgl/14_mo... https://old.reddit.com/r/supremecourt/comments/174vlru/duncan_v_bonta_stay_pending_appeal_granted/ https://old.reddit.com/r/supremecourt/comments/174vlru/dunca...

klyrs 3y ago
I'm enjoying the notion that the Bruen precedent could be used to restore the 1792 Militia Act. Burdening white men with finding a flintlock and knapsack in this day and age has me in stitches.
- Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
  No it couldn't because laws establishing militias (including the National Guard) do not place a burden on the right to keep and bear arms. Bruen's THT test is never triggered.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    You didn't read that right; at no point did I take the outcome seriously. But the real point isn't Bruen's specific test: it's the precedent established that activist judges can rewind legal interpretation by centuries which is concerning. Our legislative history contains some real doozies that we don't want coming back.
    - Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
      They didn't rewind legal interpretations. If you're referring to the individual rights vs "collective" rights debate from Heller (which Bruen reaffirmed), the historical record is strongly in favor of individual rights.
- AustinDev 3y ago
  Contrary to what you believe, finding a flintlock isn't all that hard.[1] It even comes in tacticool black. https://muzzle-loaders.com/collections/traditional-muzzleloaders/products/traditions-deerhunter-rifle-flintlock https://muzzle-loaders.com/collections/traditional-muzzleloa...

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2a cases are in a worse bin. Several circuit are taking unprecedented actions to keep these cases from getting to SCOTUS. Read the comments here: https://old.r

by Acrobatic_Road 3y ago

klyrs 3y ago
I'm enjoying the notion that the Bruen precedent could be used to restore the 1792 Militia Act. Burdening white men with finding a flintlock and knapsack in this day and age has me in stitches.
- Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
  No it couldn't because laws establishing militias (including the National Guard) do not place a burden on the right to keep and bear arms. Bruen's THT test is never triggered.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    You didn't read that right; at no point did I take the outcome seriously. But the real point isn't Bruen's specific test: it's the precedent established that activist judges can rewind legal interpretation by centuries which is concerning. Our legislative history contains some real doozies that we don't want coming back.
    - Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
      They didn't rewind legal interpretations. If you're referring to the individual rights vs "collective" rights debate from Heller (which Bruen reaffirmed), the historical record is strongly in favor of individual rights.
- AustinDev 3y ago
  Contrary to what you believe, finding a flintlock isn't all that hard.[1] It even comes in tacticool black. https://muzzle-loaders.com/collections/traditional-muzzleloaders/products/traditions-deerhunter-rifle-flintlock https://muzzle-loaders.com/collections/traditional-muzzleloa...