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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: Fishrrman on December 19, 2022, 02:31:37 pm
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/rhode-island-ban-on-high-capacity-firearm-magazines-is-constitutional-judge_4931994.html
Rhode Island Ban on High-Capacity Firearm Magazines Is Constitutional: Judge
By Katabella Roberts
December 19, 2022
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A federal judge in Rhode Island on Wednesday upheld a newly enacted state law banning the possession of large-capacity magazines that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
The decision came following a request by a Chepachet gun store and several Rhode Island gun owners for a preliminary injunction blocking the law, which they argue violates their constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, among other things.
However, U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Wednesday said that the plaintiffs, Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply; three Rhode Island residents named in the lawsuit as Mary Brimer, James Grundy, and Jonathan Hirons; and a Newport homeowner who lives in Florida, Jeffrey Goyette, had failed to persuade the court that the law is unconstitutional and that they would suffer irreparable harm if it was allowed to take effect.
The judge also said that allowing the law to be enforced was in the public’s interest.
Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat, signed the high-capacity magazine ban into law in June, noting at the time that Rhode Island was one of the few states to introduce or bolster gun safety legislation aimed at reducing and preventing gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas.
The law, which went into effect on Dec. 18, makes it a felony to possess or own large-capacity magazines that contain more than 10 rounds of ammunition, which the governor said have “enabled numerous mass shootings” across the country.
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Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. - Obama appointee.
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A felony for owning what amounts to a tin box?
Insanity.
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After the liberals get you down to a single bullet capacity, they will then require you disassemble the bullet. Hopefully this gets over ruled by a more sane judgeship (or Supreme).