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DonP

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4. The "Boundaries" are outlined by more court cases, using very expen$ive paint
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 10:16 AM
Sep 2015

Chicago, San Francisco, DC and other cities don't like a ruling and wind up in court, usually facing someone with standing backed by the SAF, NRA and/or state associations. And as one appellate judge said, "Don't try to be too cute by half" with new regulations that try an ignore the rulings and get their hands slapped again and pay more big (as in 6 or 7 figure) legal fees that come from the taxpayers. Surprisingly, Bloomberg doesn't reimburse the taxpayers for following his gun control advice.

Based on the track record, gun control aren't the ones defining those boundaries. With the SAF/NRA et. al winning most of those cases the control people have to desperately cling to the 1 or 2 regulations that weren't thrown out .... yet.

I'm betting that the fingerprinting and long gun registration they are all excited about now won't make it past the next "out of DC"
court challenge, any more than a voting ID law or "Free Speech" registration requirement should be allowed for other constitutional rights.

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