tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post2972399916130210596..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The California Attorney-General Appeals Benitez's DecisionClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-59508795032686353102021-06-12T14:24:53.130-06:002021-06-12T14:24:53.130-06:00It can be used as a weapon if in a bind. By itsel...It can be used as a weapon if in a bind. By itself it is just as much of an inanimate object as an AR-15. It is the person that is using it that matters. <br /><br />IIRC, more people are killed with knives than long guns.tkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537122818841045663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-51754147679417690262021-06-11T18:00:06.154-06:002021-06-11T18:00:06.154-06:00"Commonly owned" is another non-sequitur..."Commonly owned" is another non-sequitur similar to "sporting use".<br /><br />The 2A does not recognize commonality as the standard by which arms are measured. IOW, if it is "not in common use" can it then be subject to proscription? There is nothing in the 2A which suggests such tripe.<br /><br />Further, since privateers were a "thing", and operated under the Constitutional authority of marque and reprisal, it follows that they already possessed the armament and equipage to accomplish said task.BFRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446254517738219155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-52106614365030349982021-06-11T17:59:51.262-06:002021-06-11T17:59:51.262-06:00"Commonly owned" is another non-sequitur..."Commonly owned" is another non-sequitur similar to "sporting use".<br /><br />The 2A does not recognize commonality as the standard by which arms are measured. IOW, if it is "not in common use" can it then be subject to proscription? There is nothing in the 2A which suggests such tripe.<br /><br />Further, since privateers were a "thing", and operated under the Constitutional authority of marque and reprisal, it follows that they already possessed the armament and equipage to accomplish said task.BFRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446254517738219155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-502437593656953992021-06-11T13:59:56.907-06:002021-06-11T13:59:56.907-06:00Swiss Army knives are not arms that might be used ...Swiss Army knives are not arms that might be used in self-defefense unless you regularly have wine bottles or Philips screws break through your front door.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-57726447295394054812021-06-11T08:17:31.966-06:002021-06-11T08:17:31.966-06:00“Equating firearms that have been used in many of ...“Equating firearms that have been used in many of the deadliest mass shootings in this country with Swiss Army knives has no basis in law or fact,”<br /><br />The reality is that both the Swiss Army knife and the AR-15 are weapons that are commonly owned for legal purposes. <br /><br />There are millions, maybe even north of 10 million, AR-15s legally owned in the US. Banning them for the sake of a handful of bad actors is ridiculous. One might as well ban cars because of drunk drivers. tkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537122818841045663noreply@blogger.com