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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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24. And to further the controversy...
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 09:49 AM
Apr 2020
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142479691
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An appeals court has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge's decision to stop the checks that he said violate the constitutional right to bear arms.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted the state attorney general's request to stay the judge's order.
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Court-reinstates-California-ammunition-purchase-15226383.php

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Judge Tosses California Ammunition Purchase Law [View all] friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 OP
Any act of public policy which increases Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #1
Feh- that was also the meme used to sell Proposition 8- 'preventing societal harm' friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #4
Voluntary marriage? Voluntary consumption of alcohol? Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #6
That fact that a Constitutional right is unpopular in certain polities doesn't make it non-existant friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #9
The act in question is part of the 2016 California Proposition 63 discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #8
Nothing prevents the 2A from being correctly interpreted. Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #12
Your use of the phrase "correctly interpreted" spoke Loudly to me, so I did a little research friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #15
A bully who loves guns. Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #20
Winkling out deceit is hardly bullying, and I own no guns. Try again... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #22
Do share that interpretation. discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #21
They have already stated what sort of interpretation they'd like: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #23
So without the violation of rights 16% of the time, would the law be acceptable? discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #28
So of the people it inconvenienced thucythucy Apr 2020 #2
Try again- this bit of performative security theater inconvenienced *everybody*... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #3
But more than four fifths of those "inconvenienced" thucythucy Apr 2020 #5
You are misinterpreting the sentence. ManiacJoe Apr 2020 #7
Your defense of this security theater is sincere, but misplaced for these reasons: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #10
Admittedly, the fact that some juresdictions are lackadaisical thucythucy Apr 2020 #11
Lots of things have been restricted for ostensibly being 'dangerous to public safety' friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #13
I consider bullets and firearms to be in an altogether different realm thucythucy Apr 2020 #14
Unless and until it is repealed, the Second Amendment exists, and is law friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #16
Which is the inevitable go-to argument thucythucy Apr 2020 #17
How about "Roe v Wade said it, I believe it, that settles it!"? That work for you? friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #18
In the meantime, I suggest California gun owners minimize the effect of this law by... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #19
There are compelling reasons why I am pro-choice, thucythucy Apr 2020 #25
IMO, Scalia's decision in D.C. v Heller was one of his few 'stopped clock' moments. friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #26
To answer your question-- thucythucy Apr 2020 #27
And to further the controversy... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #24
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