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    Lightbulb People Have A 'Fundamental Right' To Own Assault Weapons, Court Rules

    In a major victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Thursday sided with a broad coalition of gun owners, businesses and organizations that challenged the constitutionality of a Maryland ban on assault weapons and other laws aimed at curbing gun violence.

    A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the state's prohibition on what the court called "the vast majority of semi-automatic rifles commonly kept by several million American citizens" amounted to a violation of their rights under the Constitution.

    "In our view, Maryland law implicates the core protection of the Second Amendment -- the right of law-abiding responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home," Chief Judge William Traxler wrote in the divided ruling.

    Provisions that outlaw these firearms, Traxler wrote, "substantially burden this fundamental right."

    Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who recently suspended his Democratic presidential campaign, signed Maryland's Firearm Safety Act of 2013 in the wake of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which spurred similar initiatives in other Democratic-leaning states.

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    "If a broad ban on firearms can be upheld based on conjecture that the public might feel safer (while being no safer at all), then the Second Amendment guarantees nothing," he wrote, and added that those earlier decisions enshrining the right to gun ownership shouldn't be expected to "clarify the entire field."
    #Dems play musical chairs + patronage and nepotism = entitlement !

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    Don't move to Maryland just yet.

    The 4th Circuit's decision didn't outright strike down the Maryland legislation. Instead, it instructed a lower court to subject the provision to a higher legal standard, meaning more litigation

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    What about the second amendment is unclear to people? It would be nice if one legislator or government type could publicly articulate the spirit and letter of the second amendment. Alas they are unwilling or ignorant.

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    Our "Government" is made up of self interested lawyer types - if anyone is waiting for them to explain your rights - you need to read more !

    Government feels they need to regulate your life and protect you from yourself.

    We need to be more aggressive in educating our selves and regulating Government.
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