Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Dangerous and Unusual Weapons

The phrase “dangerous or unusual weapons” has long been used by American courts to justify prohibiting possession or carrying of particular classes of weapons. Examination of the history of this phrase shows it was neither as ancient nor as broadly prohibitive as many assume. Analogies to First Amendment case law suggest that the authority of the government may be more limited than D.C. v. Heller (2008) indicates. [More]
Seeing as how just about any physical object could be dangerous if used as a weapon, but the rarity of such instances would make that unusual, I should hope so.  Take chairs, for instance...

1 comment:

Ed said...

I find this phrase interesting:

"That whoever keeps in his House an unusual Number of People, or unusual Weapons..."

So having a big family in a small house is considered as dangerous as possessing arms in a house when it comes to perceived threats by the populace? Is that why there was no room in the inn for Jesus?