Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Florida: Man shot dead at Edison Mall [View all]SteveW
(754 posts)You don't know how conservative Scalia is:
"The Courts opinion should not 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. Millers holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those in common use at the time finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons." Pp. 5456.
My goodness. What he said is the "opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions..." Yup, ellisonz, you got that right at least. That's what those guys mean by a limited, conservative view of the Constitution, and the rulings made therefrom.
You really want to die on the hill of oversized magazines? You should study Cho and his smaller ones and ask "Why?"
BTW, both the Thompson and the BAR of the same period are FULL-AUTO weapons. But you know that. Or are you "confused" like Sugarmann?