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June 27, 2012, 01:57 PM | #1 | |
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I think this is MI v Collie & MI v Yanna
Story - Stun gun possession is a right protected by MI & U.S. constitutions:
http://www.freep.com/article/2012062...text|FRONTPAGE Quote:
Court doc: http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4191235627.PDF |
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June 27, 2012, 08:58 PM | #2 |
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Interesting. Although we tend to think of "arms" as firearms, the 2nd Amendment originally applied to swords, bows and arrows, etc.
It's great that some of the state level appellate courts are finally beginning to see the light!
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June 27, 2012, 09:30 PM | #3 |
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Very nice decision. It not only applied the 2A to tasers and stun guns, it also held the 2A protected open carry in the public. I do wonder if this is to be a published decision.
BTW, a curious point about defendant John Collie (this opinion covered two cases). He was in the process of getting divorced and obtained police assistance to help retrieve insulin and personal items from the home. His wife holds up the stun gun and asks in front of police if that is what he is looking for. Police take the stun gun and charge him with possession. Why didn't they charge her? I'm just sayin'. |
June 28, 2012, 04:50 AM | #4 |
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An electrifying decision with a shocking conclusion! It will energize our movement, and probably prevent miscreants from committing battery...
OK, I'll shut up now...
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June 28, 2012, 12:18 PM | #5 | |
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Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill) |
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