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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA proposal on assault weapons.
If the Congress fails to pass a ban on assault weapons then President Biden should issue and Executive Order on banning THE USE of assault weapons OUTSIDE A PERSON'S HOME. I see no Constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to use the weapons outside the home. Declare a national emergency on the use of assault weapons outside the home. Let the gun humpers in the House and Senate vote against it. Since the GOP is accusing Dems of politicizing the gun issue make it a real political issue.
ENOUGH!!!
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,924 posts)Something like that would require legislation, and the current SCOTUS case that is set to be released in the upcoming weeks deals with the right to carry guns outside the home, and its likely they will rule that the 2A protects that right. And a declared national emergency wouldn't work either. The law is specific on what powers the President gets when an emergency is declared. Banning assault weapons outside the home isn't one of them.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,924 posts)EO's and declaring a national emergency still isn't an option. Legislation through Congress is the only way.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)some time with a rogue SCOTUS to fix this and to fix Roe...priorities folks.