Posted October 21, 2015 10:55 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

"Kids, this is what a man without a sense of honor looks like."

“Kids, this is what a man without a sense of honor or decency looks like.”

I’ve spent the last two days attempting to understand the logic of 2nd U.S. Circuit Judge Jose A. Cabranes in his decision (PDF) to uphold so-called “assault weapon” bans rammed through the legislatures of New York and Connecticut in a headlong rush to disarm the citizens of those states.

The problem I was having is that I was looking for logic in his decision, when his decision was clearly based on ideology, not constitutionality.

Jimmy Carter appointee Cabranes clearly understands that the U.S. Supreme court held in Heller that firearms “in common use” by citizens “for lawful purposes like self‐defense” are clearly protected by the Second Amendment.

He then completely ignores that reality to come to his decision, and lies (makes a claim that is not remotely factually true) regarding their criminal use to support his decision.

Ideally, he would be impeached over this travesty of justice.

What does “in common use” mean?

“In common use” is something like pornography; we may have a hard time defining it, but we know it when we see it. That is what makes Cabranes’ admission that Heller’s ” in common use” definition must …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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