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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
(f) None of the Court?s precedents forecloses the Court?s interpretation. Neither United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542 , nor Presser v. Illinois, 116 U. S. 252 , refutes the individual-rights interpretation. United States v. Miller, 307 U. S. 174 , does not limit the right to keep and bear arms to militia purposes, but rather limits the type of weapon to which the right applies to those used by the militia, i.e., those in common use for lawful purposes. Pp. 47?54.
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there already was an assault weapons ban law, why was it allowed to expire? i see the law was never legally challenged.
now that i have been reading up a lot on this issue, the regulation of private gun sales needs to be really tightened up - no reason why a private citizen who wants to sell a gun shouldn't have to go through the same checks and paper work as a gun retailer does. make it a criminal offense with jail time to sell guns without abiding by the regulations.
it's a headache selling a car privately, no reason why selling a gun shouldn't be regulated.