2nd district court of appeals in L.A. rules owning 'assault rifles' is immoral

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Cali court of appeals rules on 'morality'

Possessing a semiautomatic “assault weapon” is not only illegal, it's also immoral — at least according to a state appeals court.

I guess that's what we all need in our lives, is the nanny state government telling us whats good and bad for us. governments must be made of superhumans who know better than us who vote for them.


and before anyone gets all uppity about the ruling, this court also said growing pot is immoral as well.

As for cultivating marijuana, the court noted that it’s a felony punishable by a state prison term, in contrast to possessing pot, which carries a maximum $100 fine for small amounts and up to six months in jail for a larger supply.

Pot-growing has a “potential for trafficking,” and the Legislature has determined that it is “more contemptible than simple possession,” said Justice Victoria Chavez in a 3-0 ruling Feb. 3 that upheld Gabriel’s convictions.

this is a blatant step forward to allow only state regulated growers to provide medicinal marijuana and not home growers who use it for medicinal purposes.
 
It was only a matter of time before the liberal asswipes start telling the rest of us what is moral and immoral.....not only the Catholics.
what products we MUST buy
what goods or services business must GIVE AWAY
etc.

I'm not surprised in the least......"the land of the fruits and nuts" has never more sense .......
 
Immoral is not for the government to decide, whether it's moral or not is really irrelevant, it's a matter of legality, if assault rifles are illegal they should be banned if not, then not, morality really has nothing to do with it.

Leave it to the churches to be obnoxious bigots and tell us why we're going to hell. There are some depths the government shouldn't sink to.
 
Let's stick with making it illegal. It's redneck as fuck, you asshole would buy tanks if there were no regulation against it.
 
Disillusioned said:
Immoral is not for the government to decide, whether it's moral or not is really irrelevant, it's a matter of legality, if assault rifles are illegal they should be banned if not, then not, morality really has nothing to do with it.

Leave it to the churches to be obnoxious bigots and tell us why we're going to hell. There are some depths the government shouldn't sink to.
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You act as if there was no precedent for governments defining morality, have you forgotten Prohibition and the censorship imposed on the Arts?
 
bravo said:
It was only a matter of time before the liberal asswipes start telling the rest of us what is moral and immoral.....not only the Catholics.
what products we MUST buy
what goods or services business must GIVE AWAY
etc.

I'm not surprised in the least......"the land of the fruits and nuts" has never more sense .......
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How do you justify the keeping of assault rifles on private property as opposed to a properly run gun club?
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
You act as if there was no precedent for governments defining morality, have you forgotten Prohibition and the censorship imposed on the Arts?
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Alcohol and pornography are not protected by the Constitution .....freedom of speech has its limits when it oversteps into your neighbors rights.....gun ownership is absoltely
a right given in the Constitution....
 
bravo said:
Alcohol and pornography are not protected by the Constitution .....freedom of speech has its limits when it oversteps into your neighbors rights.....gun ownership is absoltely
a right given in the Constitution....
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cite? where in the constitution does it give the feds the authority to prohibit possession of either?
 
Many things that people say may be "immoral" but that is a right that is strictly prohibited from government restrictions, just as weapons are.

"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." - George Washington, 1790

"Immoral" is not even close to good enough reason to allow government to regulate away a restriction on the power of government.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
cite? where in the constitution does it give the feds the authority to prohibit possession of either?
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The federal government does have the power to prohibit trade in certain goods. However, pornography is speech, so it's protected, and guns are protected by the second amendment. I don't support a ban on alcohol or marijuana, but the federal and state governments have the power to do it.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
cite? where in the constitution does it give the feds the authority to prohibit possession of either?
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It doesn't....nor does it give permission to possess either......whats your point.....
There are no specific rights to either one in the Constitution.....so its fair game for the government to regulate as they see fit.....think.
 
General Sherman said:
The federal government does have the power to prohibit trade in certain goods. However, pornography is speech, so it's protected, and guns are protected by the second amendment. I don't support a ban on alcohol or marijuana, but the federal and state governments have the power to do it.
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the feds have the power to regulate interstate commerce. They do not have constitutional authority to prohibit possession.
 
bravo said:
It doesn't....nor does it give permission to possess either......whats your point.....
There are no specific rights to either one in the Constitution.....so its fair game for the government to regulate as they see fit.....think.
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I disagree completely. the constitution outlines what congress can do. It doesn't outline what they can't, meaning that they can ONLY do what they are allowed and no more. Everything else falls to the states or the people.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
You act as if there was no precedent for governments defining morality, have you forgotten Prohibition and the censorship imposed on the Arts?
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Ya, prohibition was repealed and censorship gets shot down all over the place. We don't like the government telling us about morality.
 
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