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From: NRA-ILA | Virginia Police Chief Advocates Ban on All Guns at U.S. House "Assault Weapons" Hearing
Watching the video is frustrating:
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(*) This is what Scalia said, p 26 (PDF page 29): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf
It is therefore entirely sensible that the Second Amend ment'sprefatory clause announces the purpose for which the right was codified: to prevent elimination of the militia. The prefatory clause does not suggest that preserving the militia was the only reason Americans valued the ancient right; most undoubtedly thought it even more important for self-defense and hunting. But the threat that the new Federal Government would destroy the citizens' militia by taking away their arms was the reason that right—unlike some other English rights—was codified in a written Constitution.
Watching the video is frustrating:
- Starting with a police chief who says all weapons should be banned, and then denies she said it
- Add the AR15 & etc., to the NFA
- We've got a suggestion for real time GPS monitoring of where rifles are.
- One knucklehead says Heller holds that people can have handguns and hunting rifles (*).
- I couldn't take it anymore and stopped here - this isn't a hearing, it's grandstanding and politicking.
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Assault Weapons
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on assault weapons and their use in recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Witnesses testified on the proposed bans on assault weapons such as the AR-15, the effectiveness of previous federal gun legislation, and how to find a...
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(*) This is what Scalia said, p 26 (PDF page 29): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf
It is therefore entirely sensible that the Second Amend ment'sprefatory clause announces the purpose for which the right was codified: to prevent elimination of the militia. The prefatory clause does not suggest that preserving the militia was the only reason Americans valued the ancient right; most undoubtedly thought it even more important for self-defense and hunting. But the threat that the new Federal Government would destroy the citizens' militia by taking away their arms was the reason that right—unlike some other English rights—was codified in a written Constitution.
