https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc en-us 2023-04-11 12:02:03 UTC 2023-04-17 12:33:36 UTC hello@padlet.com hunteryockey https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2551834528 "Such efforts, however, face growing legal challenges from gun rights advocates — and the issue could ultimately wind up with the Supreme Court ruling on a pivotal question: whether the right to bear arms extends to these ammunition magazines."

"Those magazines are increasingly seen as an area where policy changes could lessen the carnage that has become emblematic of attacks waged with AR-15s and other guns, according to a growing body of research and interviews with experts and law enforcement veterans. An emerging consensus among these experts — and one that has taken hold in some state legislatures — is that mandating smaller magazines would force mass shooters to pause to reload, allowing people to flee or fight back."

"The court’s ruling last year overturning a New York gun law has inspired a new wave of lawsuits by firearms advocates, who argue that magazine restrictions are unconstitutional and endanger law-abiding citizens who could need them for self-defense."]]> 2023-04-12 15:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2551834528 hunteryockey https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2554469160 "Police continue to insist that every gun out of someone's hands, even if it involves arresting that person and increasing mass incarceration of the nonviolent and highly harming that person's ability to work and rent in the future, is all for the good; after all, that gun won't be used by that person to harm anyone. (It is almost always the case that those guns would not have unjustly harmed anyone even minus the arrest and confiscation.)"

"From 2010 to 2022, the police made more than 38,000 arrests for illegal gun possession. These arrests — almost always a felony — doubled during this timeframe. While illegal possession is the most serious offense in most of the cases we analyzed, the charges often bear misleading names that imply violence, like 'aggravated unlawful use of a weapon."'

"As the Marshall Project (who although close-focused on Chicago in this study 'identified several other cities with similar trends,' including Houston, New York, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Memphis) quotes one of the victims of gun possession arrests they interviewed, 'I'm scared for my life — and I gotta go to prison because I fear for my life, for my family's safety? Because we're not fortunate enough to live someplace else?"']]> 2023-04-14 12:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2554469160 hunteryockey https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2554485642 The Department of Justice has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to seek a review of a lower court decision that struck down a federal law that banned people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms."

"A three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that people under domestic violence restraining orders retain their constitutional right to own firearms, finding that the federal law prohibiting them from doing so was unconstitutional..." 

"...which held that it was more important for society to keep guns out of the hands of people accused of domestic violence than it was to protect a person's individual right to own a gun. "

"DOJ contends that the Fifth Circuit erred because it 'overlooked the strong historical evidence supporting the general principle that the government may disarm dangerous individuals. The court instead analyzed each historical statute in isolation."'

]]> 2023-04-14 12:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2554485642 hunteryockey https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2556199754 "This argument is often deployed as a defense against stronger gun laws. What it does not then grapple with is that it is entirely possible to legislate on the availability of guns in our society."

"This is less of a “gotcha” than they seem to assume. As many pro-gun voices have said before, it’s impossible to legislate against whatever “evil” lies in a mass shooter’s head."

"Yes, mental health is a factor, despite it so often being deployed as a deflection from guns themselves. But if that explanation wasn’t just a cover for inaction, we’d see Republicans in favor of stronger “red flag” laws that give courts the power to remove guns from homes where there’s a danger of them being used against the owner or others."


]]> 2023-04-17 01:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2556199754 hunteryockey https://padlet.com/hunteryockey/7qbek6jd66kf8xjc/wish/2556210625 "The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed New York to enforce a Democratic-backed gun control law adopted after the justices last year struck down the state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home in a landmark ruling that expanded gun rights."

"New York state Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, praised the court's decision to keep the law in effect.  'Too many New Yorkers are plagued by gun violence, and we know that basic gun laws help save lives every day,' James said."


"The decision declared for the first time that the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment protects an individual's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. The ruling also required courts to evaluate if gun restrictions were "consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation," making it harder to regulate guns in a country where mass shootings are commonplace."


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