@sceletera,
I think the courts are stretching because of statements like this:
Quote:That is, “it is the legislature’s job, not ours, to
weigh conflicting evidence and make policy judgments.
Quote:to assure that, in formulating its
judgments, [the legislature] has drawn reasonable inferences
based on substantial evidence.
So they based their judgement on "conflicting" but "substantial evidence" of one thing looking "like" another.
None of you anti-gunners had said why the AR-15 should be banned but the Ruger Ranch Rifle is ok? I feel the "legislature" based their opinion not on facts but on emotion against something they don't like the look of.
Quote:If you want to see some twisted and stretched reasoning look at abortion legislation and voter ID laws.
Lets.
Quote:(In abortion legislation they often ignore actual science
Abortion is the perfect example of stretched and twisted reasoning. Where in the Constitution does it mention the right to abortion? Sure I get the right to privacy as being an aspect of it, but what in the Constitution actually makes Abortion a Constitutional right?
Quote: voter ID laws will make claims not supported by any facts.)
I don't see a problem with an ID to vote, if I have to have one to purchase a gun, a Constitutional right, then people should have to show ID to vote, another Constitutional right. You might think fraud doesn't exist but with the massive #'s of illegal and legal immigrants who are registered to vote, it doesn't take much for them to break a another law and vote. BTW, I'm against all forms of voter fraud to include people who double vote, which does happen as well.
Quote:One can at least make the reasonable argument that an AR-15 shares many characteristics of an M16 which makes them "like" each other. The court lays those out in the Maryland case. You can disagree with their conclusion but one can hardly call it twisted reasoning unless you completely ignore all the similarities they cite.
Well, lets see. They both come in black, they have pistol grips, they both take a mag. What else is there? Bayonet lug? Barrel shroud? Those last 2 are stupid and in no way make the AR-15 more deadly then the Ranch Rifle.
Mag size? It looks like the FL shooter was using 10 round mags. What next, ban mags all together or limit them to 5 rounds? This is the creeping of the anti-gun laws. When shootings continue to happen, they will look to limit what is allowed until there are no guns that meet "their standards" and they are all banned. You might call it a slippery slope but that is the slope the anti-gun left stands on.
