The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday held that a Massachusetts law banning the sale, transfer, or possession of an assault weapon is not unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. This decision comes after Massachusetts resident, Joseph Capen, contended that he was planning on purchasing items covered by the law for purposes of self-defense.

Case file: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/myvmjqrbdpr/04172027mass.pdf

  • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Doesn’t really matter in the sorta short to long term. 3D printing makes building these things at home pretty dang trivial to the point where you’d have to outlaw hardware stores. Cat’s out of the bag and I’m wing to bet it’ll turn into another war on drugs