Miller said, as we have explained, that the sorts of weapons protected were those “in common use at the time.”… We think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of “dangerous and unusual weapons.”

Actually, at the time of the Revolution and later when the Constitution was written… many farmers had access to the Kentucky Long Rifle, which had longer range and better accuracy, than the common muskets used in the armies.

So if we use that for comparison, we should indeed have access to military grade weaponry. After all, most of us are members of the militia, as defined by our respective State Constitutions.

If a policeman needs a certain class of weapon to confront criminals, than a private citizen is entitled to same.

That means you can’t have a nuke or an RPG or a tank, but what you can have is certainly everything the liberals have named as wanting to prohibit today.

Where do they derive authority for their Law-making on this?

It is amusing that if the Bill of Rights was not there, that there would be no targets. Wonder what that world would be like; and how soon after ratification would we have lasted until.

*~Fist Bump~*! You go girl!

Dangerous:

The AR-15 is the #1 rifle sold in the United States. It is no more dangerous than handguns. In fact, it kills FAR less. In 2011, 72.5% of all gun-related homicides were committed using handguns. In 2011, 3.8% (323) of ALL gun-related homicides in 2011 committed with rifles of ALL KINDS, INCLUDING “ASSAULT RIFLES” LIKE AR-15s.

Unusual:

There is NOTHING unusual about AR-15-style rifles…unless one is afraid of black, skeery, plastic thingies.

Don’t believe me? Then, look at the pictures of these two guns and ask yourself, “Does one really look that much more ‘dangerous, unusual and uncommon’ than the other?”

http://tinyurl.com/ctyyo2u

Uncommon:

Really? AR-15s are uncommon? Since when?

In 2009, it was estimated that there were 3,261,725 of AR-15s – alone, not just AR-15-style – in the United States…and the homicide rate was 5.0.

In contrast, in 1994 when the original Assault Weapons Ban went into effect, there were approximately 1.5 million AR-15s in the United States and the homicide rate was 9.0.

Feinstein, Scarborough, and Mitchell should really go back and read the Heller decision. Cruz knows it…since he was one of the attorneys that won it before the Supreme Court.

Scarborough: You lie with dogs….you get fleas.

Dangerous and unusual

So when are they going to ban civilian style sonic cannons such as the Long Range Acoustic Device. It has to fall under the unusual weapon and LRAD could very easily be turned into something as simple as a car alarm deterrent.

Computer speakers do not do it justice on the sound. http://youtu.be/QSMyY3_dmrM

So, honestly; how many of you could make it through the entire clip? I lasted about 30 seconds and that may be a record when Scarborough is involved.

DDay on March 15, 2013 at 4:40 PM

LOL. I made it about half-way through. And even that was like fingernails on a chalk board.

Wonder if mccain has made a nasty comment about Cruz yet?
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letget on March 15, 2013 at 2:58 PM

Actually, McLaim did. Since Cruz was a big part of Paul’s filibuster, and IMO was as on point as Rand and sometimes even more so, when McLaim next day called Rand “wacko” Cruz was also included in that smear.

Go Cruz!

Question you assumptions.