These Progressive Cities Are Circumventing the Constitution By: Friedrich Seiltgen
Progressives across the country are using the Parkland, Florida shooting as their excuse to ignore the Second Amendment and pass city ordinances banning “assault weapons.”
The city council of Deerfield, Illinois passed a city ordinance in April banning the possession of AR-15s, applying fines of $1,000 per-day for non-compliance. “The possession, manufacture, and sale of assault weapons in the Village of Deerfield is not reasonably necessary to protect an individual’s right of self-defense or the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia,” the ordinance states.
The possession of an AR-15 being deemed “not reasonably necessary for the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia” is particularly absurd. The AR-15 would be today’s equivalent of a colonial musket, and exactly the type of weapon needed for a Militia. Unless, of course, the Deerfield city council thinks the AR would be inadequate for a militia, and wants its community to be armed with weapons capable of firing on full-auto, as our military is today?
The city council of Boulder, Colorado followed suit earlier this month, unanimously enacting a ban on “assault weapons” (as defined by the city), bump stocks, and “high-capacity” magazines. Owners of these items have until July 15, 2018 to dispose of them. Current owners of “assault weapons” were grandfathered in and will be allowed to keep their rifles if they receive a certificate by end of the year proving prior ownership.
It was magnanimous of the city council to “allow” gun owners to exercise their Constitutional rights, but the ordinance was immediately challenged by the Mountain States Legal Foundation on grounds that it violates the Constitution’s second, fifth, and fourteenth amendments. The foundation announced they will name individual council members in their suit.
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Poster Comment:
Our Constitutional rights are given to us by God, not granted by government. Any and all attempts to restrict those rights are unconstitutional and are bound to be overthrown.