2A Quiz

[Loosedhorse]

Then what conclusion did Miller reach?

SCOTUS decided that it could not conclude whether or not a SBS was an arm useful to a militia--such a determination was "not within judicial notice," as they said. The case was remanded back to the lower court, presumably to obtain expert testimony on whether a SBS was useful--in which case it would be a 2A-protected arm. As we know, such an arm is quite useful in both military and police settings.

But Miller had disappeared (or more likely had been disappeared ), and the case ended there.

 

[MrDig]

I did well 10 of 12, I agree one of the questions was flawed and open to interpretation.
I might have aced it if it was about Ishapore 2A rifles

 

[denton]

Flogging question 10 one more time:

How are the answers "probably not" and "cannot be determined at this time" different? Both say that we don't know.

The Constitution means what the Supreme Court says it does. Machine guns were specifically excluded from 2A coverage in Heller. When a statement lists multiple items without qualifiers, all must be true to make the statement true. Since machine guns were listed without qualification and were specifically excluded from Heller, 2A does not cover machine guns. So as it stands today, the statement is false.

In some future case, we may get full-auto back. Machine guns are not covered by 2A because they are not in common use. And why are they not in common use? Because the government tightly controls them, imposes high taxes on them, and will not let new ones enter into commerce. The government cannot logically create the shortage, and then say that because of the shortage they are not in common use and therefore not covered.

 

[HOOfan_1]

The Constitution means what the Supreme Court says it does.

No..it doesn't.
We just operate under the false pretense that it does.

 

[JTHunter]

Got 11 of 12 correct with #10 being the spoiler.
I picked answer #4 on question #10 and, if you think about it, that is probably the correct answer as it is dependant on future court decisions.

 

[spikedzombies]

9-12 I must be dumb for not getting the v-day massacre question.

"Sent while drunk, on the toilet and nursing a rum and coke"

 

[doc2rn]

I thought it was the '68 registration that banned us from owning specialized weaponry.....that and the tax stamp thing.....