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Skans · May 17, 2016, 03:36 PM

I get what the dissent is saying, but keep in mind that the majority judges were appointed by Regan and Bush II. The minority judge was appointed by Clinton. The legislation was designed to make it difficult for people living in a particular area to have access to purchasing firearms.

This is not simply a mundane zoning dispute. This is a case of exclusionary zoning applied to people who want to buy and sell guns - a protected 2nd Amendment right. If you can zone out gun stores, then you can zone out low income housing, public housing, churches, etc. No, this is clearly a 2nd Amendment case - not a mundane zoning dispute.

May 17, 2016, 03:36 PM	#6
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	I get what the dissent is saying, but keep in mind that the majority judges were appointed by Regan and Bush II. The minority judge was appointed by Clinton. The legislation was designed to make it difficult for people living in a particular area to have access to purchasing firearms. This is not simply a mundane zoning dispute. This is a case of exclusionary zoning applied to people who want to buy and sell guns - a protected 2nd Amendment right. If you can zone out gun stores, then you can zone out low income housing, public housing, churches, etc. No, this is clearly a 2nd Amendment case - not a mundane zoning dispute.