Fourteenth Amendment - The War on Guns

Who’s Infringin’? We’re Confiscatin’

The US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, has ruled in a case involving a Sheriff’s Department which confiscated 14 guns and has refused to return them to the alleged owners. [Watch]

Jojo Krako comes to mind.

I’m assuming the claimants did not obtain their firearms through an FFL.

So, if you bought your guns through private sales and you don’t register them with the state, you’re effectively presumed “guilty” until you can prove your “innocence”…? It’s not up to the Only Ones who took them from your home to prove they’re not yours…? And it’s not like the value of the guns is worth a protracted series of battles through the courts.

If I had any guns I bought, say, back in 1977 from a co-worker whose last name I can’t even remember anymore and who may be long dead for all I know, they could take them from me if a guest acted up. The only reasons that could never happen is I don’t know any cowardly bullies with anger management problems and would never allow them in my house if I did, plus, as we’ve long established, I would never own a gun — evil, nasty things things always going around killing people…

[Via Jess]

Inextricably Bound

Gun owners are America’s fastest-growing criminal class. One state after another is enacting “Show us the gun and we’ll find the crime” laws. Judges and politicians are justifying mass disarmament in the name of “freedom from fear” — as if no one will be safe until government controls every trigger. Federal agencies consider all 20+ million marijuana users who own firearms to be felons (unless their last name is Biden). Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden both retroactively outlawed widely-owned firearm accessories, creating new legions of potential jailbirds. At the same time many federal agencies are stockpiling automatic weapons, Biden calls for banning semiautomatic pistols and rifles owned by 50 million Americans. [More]

And as you can see from the other Intolerable Acts presented, it’s not just about RKBA.

That’s the problem with the “single issue” cop-out. Because those doing it know damn well it’s not about guns, it’s about freedom.

[Via bondmen]

Those Alone Won’t Do It

Ownership of Arms Protected under Takings, Second Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment [More]

Ultimately, it’s protected by individual will, regardless of what any branch of government dictates…

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