beyond the point of crazy

A lot of latitude for states rights. The problem of inability to define "assault weapon" is not diminished by this ruling....

Gun Enthusiasts better hope that Fat Tony Scalia and his hand-puppet Thomas live for a long, long time.

everyday, then the retirement process could be expedited. {evil grin}


I kid, I kid.

Except for Scalia, of course.

Enough is enough.

I think you will be surprised how he votes.

He was probably indicating we shouldn't have F-14's in our backyard, and aircraft carriers down at the yacht club.

But then, we never really pressed him on these, have we?

The refusal by the nine justices to hear the case, coming at a time of fierce debate over the nation's gun laws following a series of mass shootings, means that the 2013 ordinance passed by the city of Highland Park, Illinois remains in effect. Two of the court's conservatives members, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, said the court should have taken the case.

Thomas wrote a six-page dissent in which he said that in the wake of recent pro-gun rights rulings by the conservative-leaning high court, several lower courts "have upheld categorical bans on firearms that millions of Americans commonly own for lawful purposes."

The Highland Park regulation bans various semi-automatic weapons, including well-known guns such as the AR-15 and AK-47, in addition to any magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of bullets.

is the name of the case. http://news.google.com links to a somewhat more complete Washington Post story.

to the denial of certiorari and lower court decisions at http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/friedman-v-city-of-highland-park/

The proliferation of hardware in society is something else

absent buybacks, hard to even think about soaking it up

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That states can strictly regulate guns and leaves the issue up to the states. Scalia thought the SC should take this case because he believes the laws at issue ban a common type of weapon held by law-abiding citizens and conflicts with Heller but the other justices apparently disagreed and didn't think this case was worth considering. So individual states can ban certain types of weapons without violating the Second Amendment.

liberal state regulation control.

as any state laws.

BTW: I'd love it if someone polled the American Public on whether they believe there was a time in history when zombies existed.