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Ruark wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 8:11 am"Honest politician"

I thought the definition of an honest politician was one who stays bought.

Paladin wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 5:35 pmthe Hughes amendment unreasonably bans the civilian ownership of new machine guns to such qualified individuals.

I have long thought that the Hughes Amendment is the most likely to succeed challenge after Heller and McDonald were decided. Showing that full auto weapons are the most necessary to militia (as referenced in Miller) is easy (show that selective fire weapons are issued by almost every army in the world to any soldier). Show that they are used very little in crime (how many recovered selective fire weapons are there recovered as well as the legal owners rate) and make sure the court understands that we are not questioning the $200 fee or background check regulations. Then show that the law has not removed any of the thousands of legally owned weapons from circulation or reduced any crime. There is no way the law passes muster under almost any of the tests for Constitutionality (other than liberal logic). It would most likely be a 5-4 vote right now, but may go to 6-3 or even 7-2 if Trump is re-elected.