Politics

268 readers

60 users here now

For civil discussion of US politics. Be excellent to each other.

Rule 1: Posts have the following requirements:
▪️ Post articles about the US only

▪️ Title must match the article headline

▪️ Recent (Past 30 Days)

▪️ No Screenshots/links to other social media sites or link shorteners

Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. One or two small paragraphs are okay.

Rule 3: Articles based on opinion (unless clearly marked and from a serious publication), misinformation or propaganda will be removed.

Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, will be removed.

Rule 5: Keep it civil. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a jerk. It’s not acceptable to say another user is a jerk. Cussing is fine.

Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.

USAfacts.org

The Alt-Right Playbook

Media owners, CEOs and/or board members

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works

Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 month ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

New Jersey’s ban on the AR-15 rifle is unconstitutional, but the state’s cap on magazines over 10 rounds passes constitutional muster, a federal judge said Tuesday.

US District Judge Peter Sheridan’s 69-page opinion says he was compelled to rule as he did because of the Supreme Court’s rulings in firearms cases, particularly the 2022 Bruen decision that expanded gun rights.

Sheridan’s ruling left both 2nd Amendment advocates and the state attorney general planning appeals. The judge temporarily delayed the order for 30 days.

top 5 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Good, now maybe I can get an M230 chain gun because I’m ashamed of my small weiner and am scared of mexicans at the border and scared of woke people and I like to penetrate couches

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 1 month ago

2nd amendment doesn't say anything about bullets, though (not that it mentions AR-15's specifically, either).

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Also - if the shape of a gun doesn't matter, it shouldn't matter which shapes are allowed.

[–] skulbuny@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Good, its a great way to deal with fascists

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

This either ends with sensible gun laws like any civilized country - or full-auto Uzis above the counter at 7-11.

Either we can in fact restrict which guns are for sale, or we fucking can't. The idea that we fucking can't is horrifying, unacceptable, and preventable.