Jessica Hill, File/Associated Press - File-This May 4, 2011, shows Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaking after signing a two-year $40.1 billion budget bill into law at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. A federal judge upheld Connecticut’s gun control law on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, saying the sweeping measure is constitutional even as he acknowledged the Second Amendment rights of gun owners who sued to block it. The Washington Post
A federal judge upheld Connecticut’s gun control law on Thursday, saying the sweeping measure is constitutional even as he acknowledged the Second Amendment rights of gun owners who sued to block it.
The law, which Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed last April after months of negotiations in the legislature, was not entirely written “with the utmost clarity,” U.S. District Judge Alfred Covello said in his 47-page decision. Still, several provisions are “not impermissibly vague in all of their applications and, therefore, the challenged portions of the legislation are not unconstitutionally vague.”
Lawmakers, responding to the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six educators on Dec. 14, 2012, banned the sale of large-capacity magazines and made more weapons illegal under the state’s assault weapons ban.
“While the act burdens the plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights, it is substantially related to the important governmental interest of public safety and crime control,” Covello ruled.
Why states like this want to waste money on defending bad laws is beyond me. Whether it's a ban on gay marriage or on types of guns, I'd be angry if my tax money were being used to defend violations of our rights in court.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,
DeleteI didn't realize that judges were gods rather than humans who have biases, agendas, and weaknesses,
-- TruthBeTold
TruthBeTold, it's interesting how when gun control freaks admit to a right to guns, they go on to deny a right to this or that part of guns. The control freak cannot stand freedom.
DeleteAnonymous, if you're going to lie, you should wait till another posting. I quote from your own words in this thread: "Large capacity magazines is [sic] not a protected right."
DeleteOf course, in addition to being a liar, you're also ignorant of the legal system, since very often a judge is not the last word. The Supreme Court is the last word, unless the Constitution is repealed or Congress passes a new law.
The thread is a bit fucked up because I deleted a couple comments for excessive name calling.
Delete“While the act burdens the plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights, it is substantially related to the important governmental interest of public safety and crime control,” Covello ruled.
ReplyDeleteHow about the important governmental interest of liberty? Oh wait, that is a paramount interest of citizens, not government.
-- TruthBeTold