Court upholds constitutionality of Conn. gun-control law. Thank you Jesus/Obama

[kidrocks]

Thank you President Obama indeed! Is this country great, or what? God Bless America!




Court upholds constitutionality of Conn. gun-control law | MSNBC

A federal court’s decision this week to uphold Connecticut’s assault weapons ban is an important victory for gun safety advocates, transitioning from a year that ended with almost half of all states strengthening reform laws.

Judges in Hartford on Thursday defended the constitutionality of the law, which they said balances Second Amendment gun rights and the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence. Pro-gun advocates sought repeal and sued the state after Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the historic gun bill into law last April, but the court rejected their argument.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Those little kids who died in Newtown thank our courts for ensuring that more massacres like that one will happen again.

 

[KevinWestern]

Thank you President Obama indeed! Is this country great, or what? God Bless America!




Court upholds constitutionality of Conn. gun-control law | MSNBC

A federal court’s decision this week to uphold Connecticut’s assault weapons ban is an important victory for gun safety advocates, transitioning from a year that ended with almost half of all states strengthening reform laws.

Judges in Hartford on Thursday defended the constitutionality of the law, which they said balances Second Amendment gun rights and the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence. Pro-gun advocates sought repeal and sued the state after Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the historic gun bill into law last April, but the court rejected their argument.

Rifles account for about 300 or less deaths a year in America. So called "assault rifles", maybe less than 20.

With 300,000,000 residents, 20 deaths is a very small figure to be completely worried, especially when we have literally 30,000+ dying from heart related diseases - for instance.

I suggest you focus on bigger issues. Don't be so quick to frivolously throw away your right to own a gun - the US is one of the few developed countries on the planet that affords such a privilege.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

The courts knowingly and deliberately upheld the infringement of a right the constitution clearly states shall not be infringed?! Well, i for one am completely fucking shocked by this!

 

[theHawk]

If they'd just pass a law to banish violent criminals to prison, it would solve most of our problems.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Thank you President Obama indeed! Is this country great, or what? God Bless America!




Court upholds constitutionality of Conn. gun-control law | MSNBC

A federal court’s decision this week to uphold Connecticut’s assault weapons ban is an important victory for gun safety advocates, transitioning from a year that ended with almost half of all states strengthening reform laws.

Judges in Hartford on Thursday defended the constitutionality of the law, which they said balances Second Amendment gun rights and the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence. Pro-gun advocates sought repeal and sued the state after Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the historic gun bill into law last April, but the court rejected their argument.

Rifles account for about 300 or less deaths a year in America. So called "assault rifles", maybe less than 20.

I suggest you focus on bigger issues. Don't be so quick to frivolously throw away your right to own a gun - the US is one of the few developed countries on the planet that affords such a privilege.

It's not a privilege, it's a right. An inalienable right not to be infringed. But alas, we're no longer a nation of laws, but a nation of men who rule. So it's essentially a privilege that the state will take away. In essence, the state - the men who make it up, are in control of yor rights.

It's funny some turds cheer for that. But, they also vote for stupid every two and 4 years respectively.

 

[Plasmaball]

and added more than 100 firearms to the state’s existing ban on assault weapon

,this might be overturned by Scotus....Depending..
The rest is constitutional.

 

[kaz]

Who cares.... get a life troll.

Parents of dead children unnecessarily killed by guns is who cares. Get a heart will ya?

Your being in favor of making sure the path is cleared for more wackos to do similar massacres unchallenged by return fire in no way constitutes your having a "heart."

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Federal Court Says Connecticut's Aggressive Assault Weapon Ban Is Constitutional - Hartford Courant

"The court concludes that the legislation is constitutional," senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello wrote in a decision published late Thursday. "While the act burdens the plaintiffs' Second Amendment rights, it is substantially related to the important governmental interest of public safety and crime control."

Seem legit.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Thank you President Obama indeed! Is this country great, or what? God Bless America!




Court upholds constitutionality of Conn. gun-control law | MSNBC

A federal court’s decision this week to uphold Connecticut’s assault weapons ban is an important victory for gun safety advocates, transitioning from a year that ended with almost half of all states strengthening reform laws.

Judges in Hartford on Thursday defended the constitutionality of the law, which they said balances Second Amendment gun rights and the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence. Pro-gun advocates sought repeal and sued the state after Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the historic gun bill into law last April, but the court rejected their argument.

How very sad.

More freedoms lost due to politics.


Did the supreme court tell us how to get these scary guns away form criminals?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Who cares.... get a life troll.

Parents of dead children unnecessarily killed by guns is who cares. Get a heart will ya?

how will another gun law prevent criminals from committing crimes?


get a brain will ya?

 

[Two Thumbs]

and added more than 100 firearms to the state’s existing ban on assault weapon

,this might be overturned by Scotus....Depending..
The rest is constitutional.

Why do you hate freedom?

 

[Pennywise]

Everyone knows that banning scary looking guns will reduce gun violence.

 

[Two Thumbs]

 

[HenryBHough]

Just gotta ask whether the name-change from Barack was done through a normal court proceeding or simply by executive order?

"Thank you Jesus/Obama"?

 

[Abatis]

A federal court’s decision this week to uphold Connecticut’s assault weapons ban is an important victory for gun safety advocates, transitioning from a year that ended with almost half of all states strengthening reform laws.

The decision was a "win" for those who champion illegitimate laws sustained on legally schizophrenic reasoning which recognized:

1. that " '[c]onstitutional rights are enshrined with the scope they were understood to have when the people adopted them' and are not subject to the whims of future legislatures or judges"
   
2. that the question "[w]hether legislation substantially burdens a Second Amendment right is heavily dependent on the firearms in question being in 'common use.' "
   
3. that "The Connecticut legislation here bans firearms in common use."
   
4. that "Additionally, millions of Americans commonly possess firearms that have magazines which hold more than ten cartridges."
   
5. that "The court concludes that the firearms and magazines at issue are “in common use” within the meaning of Heller and, presumably, used for lawful purposes. The legislation here bans the purchase, sale, and possession of assault weapons and LCMs, subject to certain exceptions, which the court concludes more than minimally affect the plaintiffs' ability to acquire and use the firearms, and therefore levies a substantial burden on the plaintiffs' Second Amendment rights."
   

So, after recognizing / acknowledging as a point of law that the weapons and magazines meet one of the criteria of 2nd Amendment protection (while ignoring the others) and that laws levy a substantial burden on the plaintiffs' Second Amendment rights AND that laws injuring fundamental rights demand strict scrutiny be applied:

“[A] government practice or statute which restricts „fundamental rights‟ or which contains „suspect classifications‟ is to be subjected to „strict scrutiny‟ and can be justified only if it furthers a compelling government purpose and, even then, only if no less restrictive alternative is available.”​

the court ignores SCOTUS' determination that the right to arms for self-defense IS fundamental and instead goes on a whimsical adventure to look for the missing link to support the invention of a new standard ("draw[ing] reasonable inferences" from the "substantial evidence" of the effectiveness of gun control) to support CT's legislature's interest in creating laws which may or may not achieve the stated object as being paramount to the security and protection of a fundamental right:

"the court cannot foretell how successful the legislation will be in preventing crime. Nevertheless, for the purposes of the court‟s inquiry here, Connecticut, in passing the legislation, has drawn reasonable inferences from substantial evidence. As such, the legislation survives intermediate scrutiny and is not unconstitutional with respect to the Second Amendment."​

Congratulations on your short-lived "win".

Pro-gun advocates sought repeal and sued the state after Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the historic gun bill into law last April, but the court rejected their argument.

Wrong.

READ THE DAMN CASE (412KB pdf) and stop guzzling the gruel of the biased media accounts (which won't even cite the case name let alone offer a link to the opinion).

This jackass court validated the "pro-gun advocates" arguments.

This court just decided to not follow the path that SCOTUS has set-out to decide the constitutionality of laws challenged as violative of the right to arms as secured by the 2nd Amendment.

 

[SwimExpert]

Wait a damned second. The judge says it's constitutional because it balances "the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence." What kind of bullshit reasoning is that?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Wait a damned second. The judge says it's constitutional because it balances "the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence." What kind of bullshit reasoning is that?

Reason?

He gets to keep his job if another dem gets into the WH. That's his reason.

 

[SwimExpert]

CT News Junkie | Federal Court Finds New Gun Laws Constitutional

This site has a link to a PDF of the decision, for those interested in reading it.

 

[KevinWestern]

Wait a damned second. The judge says it's constitutional because it balances "the Obama administration’s call to reduce violence." What kind of bullshit reasoning is that?

How is prohibiting a weapon that results in less than 15-20 deaths annually (in a country of over 300 million people) a serious attempt at "reducing violence"? Why wouldn't the Admin focus more on handguns, or gang violence? That combination yields about 8,000+ deaths annually. 20 deaths vs 8,000 deaths; are inner-city children not as high of a priority?

This is one of the reasons why I've been against Obama's recent attempts at gun legislation; to me it seems wholly insincere and overtly political (for the reasons I cite above).