{"id":80420,"date":"2022-04-26T07:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=80420"},"modified":"2022-04-26T07:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:24:11","slug":"80420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=80420","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL Who\u2019s the dumbest one of all?<\/a>
\nI never expect much sense from victim-disarmers, but the CT Mirror\u2019s Mark Robinson may have set a new low bar.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2nd Amendment doesn\u2019t say that<\/a><\/b>
\nLet\u2019s not buy into misconceptions about the 2nd Amendment when advancing Gov. Lamont\u2019s gun control proposals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What might those misconceptions be?<\/p>\n

Public perception and debate only changed a little more than a generation ago. Until recently, this has been the overwhelming consensus among Americans and in the courts. Ever since the aftermath of the War of 1812 (when veterans returned home from war with their firearms) the federal government has regulated and restricted the right to bear arms, and did so without political controversy.<\/p>\n

According to \u201cA Well Regulated Right: The Early American Origins of Gun Control,\u201d by Saul Cornell and Nathan DeDino, during the decades after the Revolutionary War, the sale of firearms was forbidden to Catholics, slaves, indentured servants, and Native Americans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He went there:\u00a0Gun control is good because there is no individual right to arms, and we used to disarm Catholics, slave, and Indians.<\/i><\/p>\n

Holy s[\u2026].<\/p>\n

Say\u2026 since slavery was legal then, does he want to re-institute\u00a0that<\/i>\u00a0as well?<\/p>\n

Moving on.<\/p>\n

In U.S. v Miller in\u00a01936<\/b>, the Supreme Court ruled on a case involving the National Firearms Act, (which was passed after the St. Valentine\u2019s Day Massacre). In that case, the Court ruled unanimously that the 2nd Amendment pertains to militias and not to individual rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aside from the chronological error (MILLER<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a01939<\/b>, which gives you an idea of how well Robinson studied this issue), MILLER was about the status of the defendant\u2019s sawed-off shotgun, not individual RKBA. Specifically, the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear\u00a0militarily useful<\/i>\u00a0arms, and that no evidence was presented showing that the military used short-barreled shotguns; thus, registration of a non-militarily useful arm could be required. No such evidence was presented because the defendant had died, and with no one to pay their bills, his attorneys didn\u2019t show up to argue the case. (And keep that \u201cmilitarily useful part in mind.)<\/p>\n

But in 2008, in District of Columbia v Heller, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority, ruling that the 2nd Amendment did create an individual right to bear arms. That is \u2013 literally \u2013 the first time the high court took this position.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No. The Court found that the Second Amendment\u00a0protects<\/b>\u00a0a\u00a0preexisting<\/b>\u00a0right.<\/p>\n

Nor was this the first time that SCOTUS had found the Second to be an individual right. The Supreme Court has ruled that way since\u00a0at least 1857<\/a>\u00a0(hint: SCOTUS ruled against Dred Scott because if he was a free man, he would have a right to bear arms\u00a0just like anyone else<\/i>). If Robinson had bother reading the\u00a0HELLER<\/a>\u00a0decision, he might have noticed that Scalia cited numerous prior precedents for an individual right.<\/p>\n

Robinson has a little list of further infringements that he wants CT Governor Lamont to impose.<\/p>\n

Close the loopholes in assault weapons laws<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember that \u201cmilitarily useful\u201d part of MILLER? If \u201cassault weapons\u201d are nasty, military-style arms, then MILLER (and HELLER) already found that we have an individual right to them. Shall we go there; in court, I mean?<\/p>\n

Make domestic violence convictions an automatic disqualifier for obtaining a gun permit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that seems a little redundant, since a domestic violence conviction\u00a0already makes possession of a firearm a crime<\/a><\/b><\/em>. Doubly redundant since\u00a0CGS \u00a7 29-28(b)<\/a>\u00a0also mentions that no permit may be issued to anyone prohibited under 18 USC 922.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Robinson could spend some time perusing\u00a0Connecticut General Statutes<\/a>\u00a0regarding firearms. Our\u00a0Gun Culture Primer<\/a>\u00a0might help, too.<\/p>\n

Until then, he should keep his mouth shut and avoiding proving himself an ignorant fool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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