Court Rules 2nd Amendment Covers Firearms Parts Good News Those Who Build Guns

advisedwang

The actual opinion: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/0101... Full case record: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68598045/national-assoc...

Papazsazsa

The bigger question is constructive prohibition, i.e. can the government kill civil rights with a thousand cuts. This opinion is mostly standing/housekeeping. Here's a clean interpretation of the ruling https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca10/2... And the actual ruling [pdf]: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/0101...

akersten

Ok, so those bills in NY and WA about making it illegal to sell printers that don't detect firearm parts are dead in the water, right?

yieldcrv

10th circuit, no other circuit ruling on the case, a state bringing the case I could see this standing, there's no point in the state appealing, as Colorado couldn't reach another appeals circuit, and appealing to the Supreme Court limits SCOTUS to an appellate court and no original jurisdiction so the court has no reason to rule on this

15155

Who knew that the "well ackshually, technically, we're not banning guns, we're just requiring a serial number! (one that you cannot legally apply)" strategy wouldn't work. "Neener neener neener" isn't a valid legal theory.

exabrial

This is incredibly good news to anyone that believe in freedom of speech and expression.