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In reply to the discussion: Another day in America where we need nothing short of repealing the 2A and confiscating all guns. [View all]sir pball
(5,253 posts)"Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."
"...like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited." It is "not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."
An AWB, or even a handgun ban, would probably pass muster under that interpretation, and the Supreme Court agrees*. It's less a legal issue and more a political willpower issue; if you can get a ban in place the courts won't interfere.
* - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-guncontrol/u-s-top-court-spurns-challenge-to-maryland-assault-weapons-ban-idUSKBN1DR1SE