Assault Weapons

8/26/24 A federal judge in Kansas has ruled that machinne guns are protected under the Second Amendment

U.S. District Judge John Broomes, handed down the ruling in United States v. Morgan, where Tamori Morgan was charged with two counts of illegal machine gun possession.

Judge Broomes dismissed the charges,

the Second Amendment protects even fully automatic firearms.

Judge Broomes’ decision demonstrates, so-called “weapons of war”

are precisely the kinds of arms the Second Amendment was intended to protect.

the founders wrote the amendment to ensure citizens could defend themselves and the security of a free state, which necessarily includes access to the same kinds of weapons the military uses.

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The House of Representatives approved a ban on “assault weapons,” 217-213 vote

is likely to fail in the Senate

A federal judge in Denver

explained why such laws are unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly held otherwise,

ruling that the government may not prohibit law-abiding Americans

from keeping handguns at home or carrying them in public for self-defense.

The Court also has said the Second Amendment covers bearable arms “in common use” for “lawful purposes,

On July 22, 2022 U.S. District Judge Raymond P. Moore, an Obama appointee,

issued a temporary restraining order

that bars Superior, Colorado, from enforcing its ban on “assault weapons.”

Rep. David Cicilline D-R.I., had no patience for Second Amendment arguments,

saying, “Spare me the BS about constitutional rights.”

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