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2 comments:
This whole business of what is 'common use' is off track from the intent of the 2A.
It seems to me that the U.S. Supreme Court was reaching for an intractable defense of the 2A by using easy language. It is intellectually lazy. The only mention of arms in the 2A is that they be kept and borne by the People. And that is only to allude to 'arms', that absent from the 2A is any reference to type of 'arms'. Whether they be 'common' or uncommon is irrelevant.
It seems to me that as the courts continue down this road of arguing what is 'common' we are being sold out, that a day will come when the 2A is extinguished by argument and opinion which seems 'reasonable'. That is, the 2A is being whittled away by the courts by a means only less violent than the overt gun grabbers.
Rick
What arms were in 'common use' when the 2A was ratified? ARs, AKs, Colts? Of course not. So, by the argument of 'common use', all weapons used today, even those in 'common use' would NOT be protected by the 2A at the time of ratification.
This 'common use' doctrine is an artificial argument. It ignores the original intent of the 2A. It is a product of the concept of the U.S. Constitution as a 'living document'. It is utter tripe. It's a BS argument for it is a substitution of what is at the heart of the intent of the 2A. Worse, it is a means for the courts to satisfy themselves while leaving the 2A open to subjective opinion. Those damned fools!
Rick
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