Comments on: Cuomo Gun Ban Violates Second Amendment

By: gary

gary — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:21:05 +0000

Well to keep and bear arms to me means to own and carry. in new york,militias are outlawed but if i organize what i call( boreg) ” bill of rights enforcement group” i wont have many friends. we use our brave men and women soldiers ( much respect to them!) to protect us from outside threats and border protection. but to protect our citizens within, and from the tyranny of govt we need our ( well established militia) also we need equal or greater firepower than our oppressors. i think if any true American actually read the bill of rights and thinks its out dated like some politicians think. than they need to move to china or somewhere. i may or may not have any of the firearms in ? but if i did and im not saying i do. the gustapo will not get them. lol
sorry this is so long but im very upset and decided to vent to you. lol

By: vincent marquette

vincent marquette — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:20:27 +0000

bloombrerg is violating the rights of law abiding people with his pushing around attitude, he is playing the role of king. the supreme court must stop him, i have not seen it yet, he should be taken from office

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:10:07 +0000

The Heller case reaffirmed part of the 1939 Miller case. In it there is something about that sawed off shotgun Not being a militia “type” weapon that would be used for common defense. As such it could be restricted. Does that then assert that since an AR-15 could be considered a militia style gun used for common defense, it cannot be banned? Heller was only about pistols.

By: warren

warren — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:23:11 +0000

Ace,
Thanks for your comment. This post is an excerpt. The full post is at http://albany-lawyer.blogspot.com/2013/01/why-cuomo-gun-ban-violates-second.html and discusses Heller.

By: ace johnston

ace johnston — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:20:18 +0000

Not so. In Heller the majority rejected the view that the term “to bear arms” implies only the military use of arms:

Before addressing the verbs “keep” and “bear,” we interpret their object: “Arms.” The term was applied, then as now, to weapons that were not specifically designed for military use and were not employed in a military capacity.

Therefore, the Second Amendment can be about hunting and sporting and whatever else uses of arms. And government can enact limitations upon “military” weapons. Very sensible.

By: LeChat

LeChat — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:36:56 +0000

Strict gun control is necessary to the establishment of a police state. People like Andrew Coumo and Michael Bloomberg are just would-be dictators.