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Just read the most effective amicus brief I have ever read
In NYSRPA, a group of public defenders just filed this amicus. I cannot find words to describe it. You don't need to know 2A law or Supreme Court standards to feel its impact. It's "Why We Fight" in brief form. The NY gun law is a stupid law, stupidly and zealously applied, so as to destroy good people's lives. Implicit message: if you feel compunction about striking it down, don't. You'll be doing humanity a favor.
Just reading the table of contents is enough to sway a reader.
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Heard the theory that it was a bone thrown to the radical-left wing of the Demo Part, because it was so dominated by socialists and socialist ideas that FDR was afraid they would get even worse parts of their agenda passed. FDR was a target shooter, although that doesn't mean that he didn't feel gun control wasn't right for lesser folk than himself and other powerful scions, but he certainly should have known better.
Should have known better than to listen to his advisors who said Japan would just never directly attack the U.S., too. We were just to powerful. One reason the Japanese militarists attacked was to knock that power down a couple notches. BTW, the Japanese Combined Fleet had more carriers by over twice than did the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and one of the big U.S. fleet carriers was in the shop at Mare Island 7-12-41.
Never have seen that theory of the NFA documented, tho.
Actually the States Started the Machine Gun Prohibition & Regulation 1927-1932.
There is some speculation that FDR and the business community/military wanted to provoke a war with Japan to gain control of various resources that were in the Pacific. They also figured Japan would not be a problem that they would fold very quickly
That is perhaps the finest amicus brief I have ever read. I despise legalese and string citations. I strongly advocate for clear and comprehensible writing that non-lawyers can understand. And that memo is a fine example of excellent writing. I applaud.
Depressing read but good.
There was a link yesterday on Instapundit to the legal correspondent of the far-left magazine The Nation crying about these black attorneys representing blacks joining with the red neck NYRA to overturn (his words) these reasonable gun laws that protect blacks. Have to admit it was amusing reading.
I guess my overall concern is the fact that all of these politicians, police, judges take an oath to uphold the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights on behalf of the people of their towns, cities, states, or this country. But what we see to find are once an office holder they seek to break the structure, and go against the very oaths they swore to uphold.
So why are they not challenged in an official capacity. Delano Roosevelt started this ball rolling in 1934, in what appeared to be an effort to control citizens. And to this day we still have the struggle for power grabbing taking place by public officials?