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Old June 28, 2010, 04:05 PM   #60
Tom Servo
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Wildalaska has it right: subsequent battles are going to take place at the ballot box. Specifically, the legislature.

As it stands now, I can read the current state of things as follows:

Blanket bans on handguns in the home are unconstitutional.

Laws regulating, restricting or outlawing carry outside the home are constitutional.

Laws banning specific brands, types or actions (ie, semiautomatic) are still constitutional, so long as some type of handgun is allowed.

Taxes on exercise of the 2nd Amendment right are constitutional. So long as they don't clearly impede the "core right" of self-defense, they'll stand. This includes taxing ammunition, shooting ranges, licensing and hunting grounds. I don't see any challenge to the NFA being successful.

As with Heller, we got a somewhat narrow reading, protecting one specific thing, with leeway left for "reasonable" restrictions.

There will be subsequent lawsuits, but the bulk of the work needs to be done in the legislature.
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