New York’s ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Ban Continues to Rack Up Innocent Victims
In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller U.S. Supreme Court decision, Justice Antonin Scalia contemplated potential location restrictions governments could impose […]
In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller U.S. Supreme Court decision, Justice Antonin Scalia contemplated potential location restrictions governments could impose […]
“I have no special affection for felons, either,” [Judge David R. Stras] wrote, “but the Second Amendment does not care. It says what it says, and so do the Supreme Court decisions interpreting it.”
The unfortunate truth is that even if your local prosecutor celebrates the righteous use of force in self-defense situations, good guys can and do still screw things up in the aftermath of defending their lives. Don’t be that guy.
Our national right to keep and bear arms isn’t a second-class civil right subject to local rules, opinions, or interpretations.
CNN is hyperventilating over a Florida case in which prosecutors cleared a 79-year-old man of charges using the state’s stand your ground laws after he shot and killed his neighbor’s son who threatened him with a chainsaw.
Common use of AR-15s for self-defense can be the secondary argument, but the primary argument should be that common bearable arms that are useful in combat are the most protected of all, as all of the historical commentary confirms.
“To preserve our democracy through peaceful civil engagement, states must be able to appropriately regulate firearms in modern First Amendment-protected spaces.”
Today the Third Circuit reaffirmed its earlier finding that someone who commits a “nonviolent, nondangerous misdemeanor” and hasn’t been incarcerated can’t be deprived of his Second Amendment rights.
“The magazines at issue in this case are not ‘dangerous and unusual,’ but instead are standard components of the sorts of bearable arms in common use for lawful purposes,” the lawsuit argues.
In the mind of the New York Giants, the New York City subway system was too dangerous for its star quarterback. If that’s the case, how is the average New Yorker or tourist expected to fare when they head underground?