Police say vehicle is an "arm"

[cjwils]

Dearborn Michigan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...id=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news:page/in-the-news

If a vehicle is an arm, then wouldn't the second amendment apply to vehicles? The implications seem huge; think about licensing, insurance, et cetera, and how to equate vehicles and firearms. On the other hand, maybe the police are over reaching with the claim that the woman in this situation was "armed" with a vehicle.

 

[Armed_Chicagoan]

I guess it depends how you're using it. A screwdriver, for example, is just a screwdriver but the minute you use it to break into someone's house it's a burglary tool.

 

[gyvel]

I guess it depends how you're using it. A screwdriver, for example, is just a screwdriver but the minute you use it to break into someone's house it's a burglary tool.

For that matter, you could stab somebody with a screwdriver

 

[turkeestalker]

Never mind, it was inappropriate.

 

[wogpotter]

Lets face it, more deer have been killed by a car at 40MPH then a bullet at 2850FPS!

 

[dakota.potts]

All things can be considered an arm if you arm yourself with it. In Florida, a folding pocket knife is not a weapon but becomes one when used in the commission of a crime.

The second amendment does protect arms for the purpose of maintaining the ability to form militias, I do have to wonder if that would extend to equipment designed for such a use such as specialty vehicles

 

[johnwilliamson062]

Add in a modern warfare requires mobility of motorized vehicles and off we go

Good luck on that one though. I won't be contributing to the court case.

 

[44 AMP]

If a vehicle is an arm, then wouldn't the second amendment apply to vehicles?

No.

Not in your wildest dreams. The phrase "armed with" is widely used in English, and is applied to things ranging from physical items to ideas and beliefs.

A car can be a weapon, if so used, so can a candlestick, in the library, Col Mustard.

A reporter repeating what a police spokesperson says does not make something a fact. It just makes it "news".

Don't overthink it.

 

[g.willikers]

On weapons, source unknown.
"It's not what's in your hand, but what's in your heart."

 

[TXAZ]

If vehicle is an arm, then wouldn't the second amendment apply to vehicles?

Then we should all be able to build our own nuclear weapons to use as conversation pieces?

I see the need for "a line" somewhere somewhere short of personal global nuclear war, but it's a really really slippery slope.
And unfortunately it's not clear what's in everyone's heart as GW noted.

 

[OldMarksman]

Frankly, the reported opinion of Michigan State Police First Lt. Michael Shaw regarding whether the woman was "armed" does not mean at all anything from a legal standpoint.

Nor does it really impinge in any way on whether the shooting was justified.

The question "wouldn't the Second Amendment apply to vehicles" seems pointless.

 

[seeker_two]

Why not? You could even make the case that a car is a reproductive aid and cover it under Obamacare.....

 

[44 AMP]

ok, when we get to reproductive silliness in L&CR, we're done.

Closed.