Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional
Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional
The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.
The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.
thank God my state is still a little civilized.. way to go Land of Lincoln!
Of course they would. The highest rate of gun crime is high gun restriction states.
2A says Shall not be infringed, and a ban on a certain kind of arm sure sounds infringing.
The 2nd Amendment also says “well-regulated,” but folks sure seem to forget about that bit, huh.
You don't even know what that means. It means "regularized", as in well trained and supplied. The idea was that having the populace be well armed would make it easier to muster a defense force in case of a conflict. "Because the state needs a well supplied and trained military force to remain free, the people have the right to own and carry armaments without restriction" would be the correct transliteration using the vocabulary of today.
The highest rate of gun crime is high gun restriction states.
What does gun crime mean in this context?
Does it mean crimes committed with a gun?
Does it mean violations of gun laws? If so, is that normalized with respect to the stricter restrictions in those states?
Is it normalized with respect to total population? With respect to population type (rural versus urban)?
Is it possible that the states with more restrictions have done so because of the rates of those crimes?
"Chicago’s homicide rate is an outlier among major U.S. cities. At a rate of 29 firearm homicides per 100,000 residents, it is six times higher than New York City’s and three times higher than in Los Angeles."
Illinois, and Chicago in particular, is the highest gun crime area in the US and guess what city has the most restrictive gun laws.