Yeah, never happened. No hysteria at all.It’s funny how they call liberals “sensitive snowflakes,” but we’re not the ones saying we need to run around with a fucking gun every day to fight off the boogey-man.
Indeed, "snowflake" is the wrong word in this instance. "Strawman" fits much better.
article said:Lastoria patiently answered questions for nearly three hours, explaining that while Jade Helm would involve 1,200 troops across seven states, no more than 60 would be training in Bastrop County. Moreover, the The Texas operation would be confined to military bases — including Camp Swift, a large Army National Guard base in Bastrop — as well as private property where the military had secured the landowners’ permission.
“All service members take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and we put our lives on the line every day to uphold that oath,” he said. “So for people to come up with irrational ideas and try to associate them with the United States military, it does our troops a disservice.”
The hearing failed to tamp down the paranoia, however. Ellison, the GOP chairman, said “the fear factor is justified.”
Except this isn't settled law, which is why SCOTUS doesn't want to open the can of worms... granted, this was settled back in '39. So that can already was opened."If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." - said by a wise Canadian seerCorrection: The Supreme Court didn't rule anything. They simply refused to take the case.
Are you suggesting a handgun has no applicable purpose for a militia? Or are you suggesting constitutional provisions go away when you think they're outdated? If the government wants to abolish the militia they'll need to amend the constitution.US v Miller (1939)
It holds the test of whether a firearm (specifically in this case a sawed off shotgun) has an applicable purpose for a militia and did not consider the idea that individuals had a right to a gun just because. The US these days has a standing army these days, and militias are no longer applicable.
What militia? The military provides the guns these days.Are you suggesting a handgun has no applicable purpose for a militia? Or are you suggesting constitutional provisions go away when you think they're outdated? If the government wants to abolish the militia they'll need to amend the constitution.US v Miller (1939)
It holds the test of whether a firearm (specifically in this case a sawed off shotgun) has an applicable purpose for a militia and did not consider the idea that individuals had a right to a gun just because. The US these days has a standing army these days, and militias are no longer applicable.
From Heller:What militia? The military provides the guns these days.Are you suggesting a handgun has no applicable purpose for a militia? Or are you suggesting constitutional provisions go away when you think they're outdated? If the government wants to abolish the militia they'll need to amend the constitution.US v Miller (1939)
It holds the test of whether a firearm (specifically in this case a sawed off shotgun) has an applicable purpose for a militia and did not consider the idea that individuals had a right to a gun just because. The US these days has a standing army these days, and militias are no longer applicable.
And that's a legal argument which demonstrates that of course Heller itself ignored about 100 years of precedence, is it?Like I said, we have the guns supplied by the military these days.
Maryland's ban outlaws "assault long guns," mostly semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 and AK-47, as well as large-capacity magazines, which prevent the need for frequent reloading.
The court turned away an appeal by several Maryland residents, firearms dealers and the state NRA association, who argued that the ban violated their right to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment...
The case focused on weapons that have become a recurring feature in U.S. mass shootings including the Nov. 5 attack at a Texas church that killed 26 people, the Oct. 1 attack at a Las Vegas concert that killed 58 people, and the 2012 massacre of 20 schoolchildren and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which prompted Maryland's law.
I thought this was pretty good news so thought to share. Some of my workmates will be very upset and afraid.
The US didn't have a standing army for over 100 years, so no.And that's a legal argument which demonstrates that of course Heller itself ignored about 100 years of precedence, is it?Like I said, we have the guns supplied by the military these days.
