The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday held that a Massachusetts law banning the sale, transfer, or possession of an assault weapon is not unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. This decision comes after Massachusetts resident, Joseph Capen, contended that he was planning on purchasing items covered by the law for purposes of self-defense.

Case file: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/myvmjqrbdpr/04172027mass.pdf

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    The specific definition of these things doesn’t matter at all to me. If you can pump over let’s say 10 bullets into a crowd in seconds, that fucking thing should be hard to get minimum. Probably banned. I don’t know, we can’t study this shit because Republicans are evil.

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      If you can pump over let’s say 10 bullets into a crowd in seconds, that fucking thing should be hard to get minimum. Probably banned.

      OTOH, if ICE thugs are breaking down your door, it’s exactly what you want. Maybe that’s the scenario you should be more concerned about at this point, don’t you think?

      We need this shit because Republicans are evil.

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        Not exactly. For those who have that concern, I’m not sure any firearm will solve their problem, let alone a more extreme version of one

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          2nd amendment was meant as a checks and balance for exactly the situation that is happening right now.

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            And it has never and will NEVER be used that way. Wouldn’t work even if people all stood up to try and use it that way

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              Americans are legally allowed to use guns to take down everyone wearing golden trump pin in the white house and they would get away with it in the court afterwards as long as they get every single sympathyzer.

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          When you’re already about to be shipped to a concentration camp to die, you have nothing to lose by trying to take some of them with you.

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      So, ban shotguns too? You can swnd off way more than 10 projectiles with just one pull of the trigger.