Everything You're NOT Supposed to Know About Suppressors

I saw this back when it was first uploaded and it's excellent.

 

This is why I've repeatedly told people for years to read US v. Miller. It's actually a great ruling for us. It holds that military weapons are specifically what the 2A protects.

In Miller, the lower court erred badly on the facts but the SC couldn't fix that because of the unique (I think) defense presented. And, yes, I'm going to leave it at that because I want people to actually read the ruling and what's behind it.

In fact, I believe I could argue that, with the right case, the rationale the court used to decide Miller could be used to overturn almost the entirety of the NFA, the Hughes Amendment, and any assault weapons ban. The ruling is short and well worth a read.

 

You're welcome. The case is pretty fascinating, as well as some of the shenanigans that will inevitably be noted in even a cursory analysis of it.

 

No.

To address that question, we have to look at what the Supreme Court has subsequently said about Miller. In the Heller case, it held that

In addressing how previous cases did or did not agree with this position, the opinion went on to say

They specifically addressed Miller thusly:

Note the false equivalency established by the court. They said that arms "used by the militia" were the equivalent to arms "in common use".

This is a bit of distorted reality that's should eventually be resolved. Until it is, though, everyone with a Fudd gun of any type (and I'm not throwing shade; I love my many, many Fudd guns) can stand on this ambiguity to say "My 10/22 is in common use, therefore it's a type used by the militia (according to the SC), therefore it's protected."

Besides, that's not where the heat is right now. The heat is on "assault weapons" and the great thing about Miller is that it, in fairly plain language, makes it clear that weapons of war are what are protected by the 2A.

I wonder if all those folks screaming to ban "weapons of war" have ever read Miller? 99.9% of them - probably not.