Court: illegal immigrants have no right to guns

[The Northerner]

(Reuters) - Illegal immigrants can be prohibited from possessing firearms under laws passed by Congress that bar certain groups from gun ownership, a federal appeals court has ruled.

A three-judge panel in Denver agreed with a prison sentence imposed by a Wyoming federal judge on a Mexican national who pleaded guilty to illegal weapons possession.

In the opinion made public on Monday, the judges said even non-citizens in the United States on visas for legitimate reasons face restrictions on firearms possession.

"Even those admitted on non-immigrant visas ... are prohibited from having firearms and ammunition unless they secure a special waiver or happen to be hunters or diplomatic or law-enforcement officials here on business," the judges wrote.

The case stemmed from the conviction of Emmanuel Huitron-Guizar, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison under a federal law that bars gun ownership by illegal aliens.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/08/us-usa-immigrants-guns-idUSBRE8471BP20120508

[bongbong]

1. Where's the NRA when you need 'em???

Boy, the NRA sure hates the 2nd Amendment!

[4th law of robotics]

2. The 2nd Amendment doesn't apply in Mexico

Nor for that matter do illegal residents get a lot of our rights: they can't legally vote, or run for office, or serve on a jury (more of an obligation but whatever), and so on. I'm not sure about quarter British troops in their homes, probably doesn't come up a whole lot.