People up with which Blawgletter grew adored guns. They loved to look at them, handle them, clean them, buy them, hunt with them, display them, target-shoot with them, sight them, sell them, talk about them, load them, unload them, compare them, oil them, swap them, put scopes on them, make ammo for
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Snappy and Bitey Perpend the Second Amendment
Scene: A gun range. Snappy fires a G31 .357. Bitey watches.
Bitey: Hey Snaps. Did you ever wonder if people who play video games also own guns? I mean more than other people?
Snappy: [Pow, pow, pow.]
Bitey: Good shot! What about mentally ill people? Do lots of them own guns?
Snappy: [Pah-ya.]
Bitey: How about people with…
One-Gun-a-Month Law Constitutional, Third Circuit Rules
The Third Circuit held today that a New Jersey law barring the sale of more than one "handgun" to any person (other than collectors, target-shooters, and others who claim an exemption) doesn't violate the due process rights of people who want to purchase at least two handguns in a month. Ass'n New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs v. …
Heller Allows Ban on Sale of Handguns to Minors, Fifth Circuit Rules; Second Amendment Permits Limits
Do you own a handgun? If so, did you yourself purchase it? Did you do so before you turned 21? And, regardless, do you believe a person in the 18 to 20 year-old range has a constitutional right to acquire small weapons that fire bullets?
Congress, in the waning days of President Lyndon Johnson, seems…
Supreme Court Ends Term: Guns, Prayers, Accounting, and Patents
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down four decisions today. As the hour has grown late, Blawgletter will give just a thumbnail for each:
- Second amendment right to pack heat applies to states and cities as well as feds. McDonald v. City of Chicago, No. 08-1521 (U.S. June 28, 2010).
- First amendment doesn't require law school
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