AP is running a story of a case in Texas where a man stands accused of illegally possessing a gun during a divorce. There's apparently a little known law that makes it illegal in that particular part of Texas.
Anyway the defendant invoked the Second Amendment and the Federal prosecutors stated that the Second only applies to National Guard, states militia yada yada. They lost in Federal court and the judge's ruling specifically states that the Second applies to all citizens of the US.
The Feds promise to move the case upstairs and if it goes up high enough (Federal Appeals Court is the next step). It could become the legal showdown everyone's been expecting over the Second Amendment.
Read about it at:
<a href="http://www.texaswest.com/news/13.htm"> San Angelo Times Second Amendment AP Story </a>
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Anyway the defendant invoked the Second Amendment and the Federal prosecutors stated that the Second only applies to National Guard, states militia yada yada. They lost in Federal court and the judge's ruling specifically states that the Second applies to all citizens of the US.
The Feds promise to move the case upstairs and if it goes up high enough (Federal Appeals Court is the next step). It could become the legal showdown everyone's been expecting over the Second Amendment.
Read about it at:
<a href="http://www.texaswest.com/news/13.htm"> San Angelo Times Second Amendment AP Story </a>
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