"the right of the people" is a weird way to phrase an amendment about jurisdiction, but IANASCJ. In either case, hunting is still a strawman.
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Replying to @appsforartists @wycats
Heller is just 10 years old, and was a 5-4 decision. Every court before that found rational basis standard for 2A restrictions.
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Even if that weren’t true, a 5-4 decision would strongly suggest this issue is nowhere nearly as simple as RKBAs say it is. But, no, 5-4 and 221 preceding years of jurisprudence.
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To be clear, I have no interest in having an argument about the merits of the second amendment. I just cringe when it gets framed as if it's a conversation about balancing hunting vs murdering.
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Replying to @appsforartists @tqbf
fwiw I was just responding to
@tqbf who specifically wanted to make an argument that the fact that AR-15s are useful hunting instruments is a reasonable basis for allowing people to own them. As you say, "better hunting instrument" doesn't cross the cost/benefit bar.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats @appsforartists
Whoah, not a thing I believe. I think we should ban all semi-automatic weapons that are capable of discharging more than single-digit N rounds per minute.
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Replying to @tqbf @appsforartists
The way I read your tweets was: - I believe in strong gun control - Arguments that AR-15s should be allowed because they're useful for hunting are reasonable. Was I misreading?
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Replying to @wycats @appsforartists
I just think “serious hunters don’t use AR-15s” is a bad argument. I think we should drastically restrict MSRs, and, really, all semi-auto firearms.
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Replying to @tqbf @appsforartists
Ah ok. I guess I would say that "serious hunters use AR-15s" is not much of an argument against a ban.
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Replying to @wycats @appsforartists
I don’t think it is. But I see a lot of people trying to argue that they don’t, that no hunter really needs an MSR. Which: lots of hunters disagree.
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