Friday’s appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state’s ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines.
The third US circuit court of appeals said on Friday in its opinion that the state’s ban on all semiautomatic rifles it deems to be “assault firearms” and its restriction on “large capacity ammunition magazines” were unconstitutional.
New Jersey’s attorney general, Jennifer Davenport, a Democrat whose office defended the law, told the Associated Press that the decision is “as unfortunate as it is legally incorrect”.
“Gotta maximize the body count of school children”
-These judges, probably
So we’re picking and choosing what constitutional rights we care about?
Yes, absolutely.
For example, I care more about the thirteenth amendment (the slavery one)than the 27th (the one about Congress getting pay raises)
The right of the state to keep slaves as punishment? That’s a weird thing to care about.
WAIT, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THE AMENDMENT STILL ALLOWS FOR SLAVERY FOR PUNISHMENT?!!
NO WAY. I WILL NO LONGER CARE ABOUT IT ABOLISHING CHATTEL SLAVERY. I THANK YOU.
If you think that’s a reason to not care about the thirteenth amendment, then you’re honestly fucking stupid.
Yeah dude, we should have just let slavery continue until we could get it perfect. Who cares about actual slaves who have been doing this shit for generations, the amendment wasn’t perfect so they’ll just need to wait.
I’m an ardent defender of the 8th and 4th, so I’m fucking exhausted
You don’t need to sacrifice either. All rights are to be protected.
Importantly, by working to kill one you undermine the foundation they all stand on. For why can’t one right be ignored if you fight to ignore others?
Where did I say anything about sacrificing amendments?
Jesus Christ, I thought Lemmy was better than reddit but it’s like nobody even fucking bothers to actually read what people say.
Some are more important than others. Not sure why this is a controversial thought, or how it means I want to “sacrifice” any of them.