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Has the "sporting purpose" test which barred imports of military surplus rifles, ever been challenged in court and if not, why not?
BlueTrain said:Does the second admendment give us the right to buy guns through the mail or to buy third-hand foreign surplus guns?
BlueTrain said:It sure would be nice if those things were made in the United States, wouldn't it?
44 AMP said:the simple truth is that the 2nd Amendment does not prevent the govt from deciding what may be imported and sold in the USA. You do not have a constitutional right to a cheap Chinese AK, surplus Mauser or Walther PPK.
BlueTrain said:But it is logical that something should be done about imports, more correctly speaking, something should be done about our trade deficit.
We call that "rational basis," something that Heller took off the table for the 2nd Amendment. It's also worth mentioning that the government made part of their case in Carolene by claiming their interests served a "public health" issue, something that's been used to argue in favor of gun bans in the past.This ruinous court decision made it so that regulations are justifiable because they supposedly have the prerogative to try to do whatever makes sense to them at the time so long as it MIGHT serve a purpose.