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FL: Weapons ban
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com

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Automatic and semi-automatic weapons should only be sold to law enforcement agencies, and not to civilians. They are not needed for self-defense or sport. Banning them would not violate the Second Amendment, as many other guns would be legal.

The NRA claims that "bad guys" wouldn't obey the law and would acquire them anyway. However, banning them would make it that much harder on any would-be mass murderer, and over time the number of such weapons would be reduced, and we would all be much safer.

Comment by: PHORTO (6/30/2016)

This letter writer is typical of the constitutionally ignorant masses.

Justice Scalia wrote plainly and unequivocally in D.C. v. Heller (2008) that "[T]he Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding."

The clear intent of the Second Amendment is to guarantee the people's access to small arms suitable for defense against insurrection, invasion and domestic tyranny. At the time of the writing, there was no distinction between "military" arms and "civilian" arms - they were in PARITY.

It is this principle that is embodied in the Second Amendment.

Comment by: Sosalty (6/30/2016)

To do our civic duty as the founders of America outlined, we need the same weapons as law enforcement, at a minimum. Fewer criminals would have modern weapons if outlawed? Wasn't the Paris terrorist shooter armed by Eric Holder's 'Fast and Furious' program? No thanks, I need the defensive tool that's maximizes my security.