Yes, the Supreme Court has held that bans on an entire class of firearms like handguns are unconstitutional. The gun control lobby, though, wants to test just how far that applies. Can bans on subsets of handguns, like all striker-fired pistols, survive judicial scrutiny? These are arms in common use for lawful purposes, after all, including by law enforcement.
And if these pistols are as inherently dangerous as the bills' sponsors claim, then there's no reason why the Baltimore PD and the Maryland State Police should be able to continue to purchase them. Guns can be stolen, and police officers can be the victims of theft just like the rest of us.
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Yes, the Supreme Court has held that bans on an entire class of firearms like handguns are unconstitutional. The gun control lobby, though, wants to test just how far that applies. Can bans on subsets of handguns, like all striker-fired pistols, survive judicial scrutiny? These are arms in common use for lawful purposes, after all, including by law enforcement.
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And if these pistols are as inherently dangerous as the bills' sponsors claim, then there's no reason why the Baltimore PD and the Maryland State Police should be able to continue to purchase them. Guns can be stolen, and police officers can be the victims of theft just like the rest of us.