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Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Less than 24 hours after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston publicly pushed back on a U.S. Department of Justice demand to repeal the city's longstanding ban on assault weapons, the DOJ followed through with its threat to take the matter to court. On Tuesday, the DOJ filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Denver's longstanding ban on assault style weapons unconstitutionally bans certain constitutionally protected semi-automatic rifles and infringes on the "Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms in common use for lawful purposes," according to a statement from the agency.

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$1 Billion for a ballroom?

Maybe there should be no restrictions on automatic weapons.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-05 03:23 PM | Reply

"Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms in common use for lawful purposes,"

POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Prevention of theft seems right.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-05 03:24 PM | Reply

"But that's not necessarily the case, according to Janet Carter, a Second Amendment litigator with Everytown Law.

"The Second Amendment is not a blank check for gun rights advocates," Carter said. "It has always allowed for the regulation of particularly dangerous weapons and for weapons that are not in common use for self-defense.

That's why efforts to challenge these laws have failed all across the country.

Courts applying the new history and tradition test that was established in the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen decision have overwhelmingly agreed that banning assault weapons is constitutional."

from the article

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-05 03:27 PM | Reply

And there's this bit of history:

"Expert Brief
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment

"A fraud on the American public." That's how former Chief Justice Warren Burger described the idea that the Second Amendment gives an unfettered individual right to a gun.

When he spoke these words to PBS in 1990, the rock-ribbed conservative appointed by Richard Nixon was expressing the longtime consensus of historians and judges across the political spectrum."

www.brennancenter.org

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-05 03:29 PM | Reply

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-05 03:29 PM | Reply | Flag

The 2nd Amendment states explicitly "the right to keep and bear arms" This means all arms, including firearms, bayonets, knives, swords, bows&arrows etc...

The 2nd was written because governments tend to become overbearing at times, not for hunting or simply self defense.

Besides all of that, it's a U.S. constitutional right, guaranteed to anyone no matter what state they live in.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-05 03:44 PM | Reply

"We need guns to protect us from fascism!"
-Fascists

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-05 04:07 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

5 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Why does a dictator have use for the 2nd Amendment?

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-05 04:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"weapons of war" *facepalm*

In any case, SCOTUS has reused to take cases challenging state level bans and have in dicta to several 2A decisions indicated that they would uphold certain types of restrictions.

The key issue that isn't clear to me is whether they would still consider AR-15s to be unusual and dangerous weapons.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-05 04:17 PM | Reply

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Even the current standard test (Bruin) from SCOTUS doesn't give all inclusive, unrestricted rights to bear arms. To say 2A gives "an unfettered individual right to a gun" is not aligned with current case law.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-05 04:19 PM | Reply

#9

NW

I just don't know who to believe, Rwing Justice and Nixon Appointee Warren Burger or LeftHoldingTurds....

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-05 05:14 PM | Reply

6947!

-lfthandturds

#11 | Posted by alexandrite at 2026-05-05 05:25 PM | Reply

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