Good news - Wife beaters can get guns - Supremes base it on 1791 law [View all]

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Last edited Sat Feb 4, 2023, 05:40 PM - Edit history (1)

A man beating his wife was legal across the United States until 1871, when Alabama and Massachusetts banned it. That fact has new relevance in today’s gun laws thanks to the Supreme Court.

Following the logic of Justice Clarence Thomas’ 2022 opinion in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a federal law banning the sale of guns to people subject to restraining orders in domestic violence cases. In striking down a New York law requiring proper cause for concealed handgun permits, Thomas explained that the law was illegitimate because it was not “consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” In other words, if there was no such law in 1791, it’s unconstitutional now.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/02/5th-circuit-wife-beaters-can-own-guns-wife

Wonder why they stopped at 1791 ??

Shit - I'd laff if it wasn't so damn dumb