Ken Cuccinelli – The War on Guns

Brief Proves the 2nd Amendment Protects Militia-Suitable Arms

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“The more effective an arm is for the purposes for which a militia would require arms, the harder it should be to argue that its effectiveness somehow removes it from constitutional protection.” [More]

The Framers knew that and we know that. The tyranny-minded who want to ban them know that, too.

Not Exactly Spreading Like Wildfire

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That would be this and this.

I hope louder voices pick up on this news, because I consider this brief to be the best Second Amendment justification I’ve ever seen submitted to SCOTUS, the one I’ve been waiting for because it lays out the foundation and blueprint to follow to overturn the NFA and Hughes Amendment abominations.

Supreme Court Brief Makes the Case Against Banning Militia Arms

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“Arms that bear a reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia… lie at the core of the Second Amendment’s protection, and a State may not prohibit them,” the brief concludes. “A prohibition imposed because those arms are useful for the common defense is contrary to the Second Amendment’s text, purpose, and history.” [More]

How could a Militia with inferior weapons to a standing army fulfill the intent of the Founders as “being necessary to the security of a free State”? This paves the way for more than AR-15s.

This is the brief I’ve been waiting for.

Cuccinelli to Argue Militia Clause Protects AR-15s in Supreme Court Brief

“That is the focus I would bring to an amicus brief: establishing a constitutional principle that not only prevents ‘military’ characteristics from becoming a constitutional liability, but makes them an affirmative basis for protection.” [More]

The Framers put the prefatory clause in there for a reason.

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