Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed to Strike Down Gun Control Exemptions for Retired Law Enforcement Officers [More]Good. Although that can't be making NRA too happy.
Curious, though. It relies heavily on Silveira and is backed by Calguns. They were the ones who kicked me off their forum for rebutting a prominent Calguns member attacking me, among other reasons, for supporting Silveira. That would be the same Silveira the establishment did its best to kill (and incidentally, NRO then reneged on a promised rebuttal).
It's also curious that a primary reason Silveira failed was due to an earlier case that the"establishment" gun groups backed with this result:
After conducting a full analysis of the amendment, its history, and its purpose, we reaffirm our conclusion in Hickman v. Block, 81 F.3d 98 (9th Cir.1996), that it is this collective rights model which provides the best interpretation of the Second Amendment.Silveira also resulted in an outstanding dissent.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." 2nd Amendment, U.S. Constitution
ReplyDeleteVery clear statement, yet I see nothing in the words that refer to the rights of peace officers or retired peace officers, only "the right of the people". We know from Heller that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, as in any or all of the people. We know from MacDonald that the right to keep and bear arms is incorporated and applies to the states. It would appear that any law, whether it be federal, state, or city/town/village concerning the keeping and bearing of arms that differentiates between peace officers, retired peace officers and other people is obviously, blatantly unconstitutional. You do not need a law degree to understand this concept. Some may wish otherwise, just as they wish they could shout over and obstruct any opinions that differ from theirs.
"“I was proud when my husband took [the National Rifle Association] on, and we were able to ban assault weapons, but he had to put a sunset on so 10 years later. Of course [President George W.] Bush wouldn’t agree to reinstate them,” said Clinton.
“We’ve got to go after this,” Clinton continued. “And here again, the Supreme Court is wrong on the Second Amendment. And I am going to make that case every chance I get.”" - Hillary Clinton
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2015/10/02/clinton-supreme-court-is-wrong-on-the-second-amendment-n2059865