Post by lightning on Feb 23, 2013 11:30:59 GMT -5
A Supreme Court decision you haven't heard about I bet.
United States v. Miller 1939
Miller possessed a sawed-off shotgun banned under the National Firearms Act. He argued that he had a right to bear the weapon under the 2nd Amendment, but the Supreme Court ruled against him. Why? At the time, sawed-off shotguns were not being used in a military application, and the Court that since it didn't, it was not protected. Even thought Miller lost that argument, the Miller case set the precedent that protected firearms have a military, and thus legitimate and protected militia use. The military now use shotguns regularly, but not very short, sawed-off shotguns, but an AR-15/AK-47 type weapon is currently in use by the military, therefore it is a protected weapon for the unorganized militia, which includes just about every American now that both age and sex discrimination are illegal ( The original militia included men of age 17-45). Therefore any firearm that is applicable to military use is clearly protected under the 2nd Amendment, and that includes all those "nasty-looking" semi-automatic (And if you want to get technical automatic) black rifles, including full 30 round magazines.
United States v. Miller 1939
Miller possessed a sawed-off shotgun banned under the National Firearms Act. He argued that he had a right to bear the weapon under the 2nd Amendment, but the Supreme Court ruled against him. Why? At the time, sawed-off shotguns were not being used in a military application, and the Court that since it didn't, it was not protected. Even thought Miller lost that argument, the Miller case set the precedent that protected firearms have a military, and thus legitimate and protected militia use. The military now use shotguns regularly, but not very short, sawed-off shotguns, but an AR-15/AK-47 type weapon is currently in use by the military, therefore it is a protected weapon for the unorganized militia, which includes just about every American now that both age and sex discrimination are illegal ( The original militia included men of age 17-45). Therefore any firearm that is applicable to military use is clearly protected under the 2nd Amendment, and that includes all those "nasty-looking" semi-automatic (And if you want to get technical automatic) black rifles, including full 30 round magazines.
