Gun Control & RKBA

bills like this.

http://ccdl.us/blog/uploads/2015/10/Shew-v-Malloy-207-1-opinion-CCDL.pdf

An interesting & educational read, about appeals in CT and NY.

Without the militia purposes of the 2nd, they can decide, based on Heller I (& II), that while the 2nd secures a self-defense/individual right, that right is not unlimited, and it may be in the govt interest to further limit that right.


"The instant bans are dissimilar from D.C.’s unconstitutional prohibition of “an entire class of ‘arms’ that
is overwhelmingly chosen by American society for [the] lawful purpose” of self‐defense. New York and Connecticut have not
banned an entire class of arms.
Indeed, plaintiffs themselves acknowledge that there is no class of firearms known as “semiautomatic assault weapons”—a descriptor they call purely political in nature. Plaintiffs nonetheless argue that the legislation does prohibit “firearms of a universally recognized type—semiautomatic.” Not so. Rather, both New York and Connecticut ban only a limited subset of semiautomatic firearms, which contain one or more enumerated military‐style features.
As Heller makes plain, the fact that the statutes at issue do not ban “an entire class of
‘arms’” makes the restrictions substantially less burdensome. In both states, citizens may continue to arm themselves with non‐semiautomatic weapons or with any semiautomatic gun that does not contain any of the enumerated military‐style features. Similarly, while citizens may not acquire high‐capacity magazines, they can purchase any number of magazines with a capacity of ten or fewer rounds. In sum, numerous “alternatives remain for law‐abiding citizens to acquire a firearm for self‐defense.”